it is an advice to be grateful for gifts
do not try to evaluate a gift
to accept a gift as it is given instead of trying to get something better
don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
My sister got furious when I tried to see how valuable the diamond on the ring she gifted me was and told me to never look a gift horse in the mouth
She always tries to return gifts and really does not know anything about never looking a gift horse in the mouth.
My father would never look a gift horse in the mouth and accept what was given.
You are in no position to look a gift horse in the mouth.
I hope that this is a good lesson and that she stops looking a gift horse in the mouth.
There is no origin for this idiom
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Common phrase that has a specific meaning.