Idiom
horseback opinion
Meaning
An opinion given without thorough consideration or a firm basis, often used in a casual or speculative way.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That is just a horseback opinion, not a real fact.”
“He gave a horseback opinion about the new law before he had even read the document.”
“The analyst offered a quick horseback opinion on the market trends, though he later admitted he lacked the data to support his claims.”
Examples
simple
“That is just a horseback opinion, not a real fact.”
contextual
“He gave a horseback opinion about the new law before he had even read the document.”
complex
“The analyst offered a quick horseback opinion on the market trends, though he later admitted he lacked the data to support his claims.”
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