This proverb which means that you can give someone an opportunity but not force them to take it.
We can offer good things to people but we can’t force them to accept that
I gave him the phone number from that good doctor, but all is put to him. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.
My mother always wanted me to become a lawer, but I just wanted to be a rock and roll superstar. So must be true that you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.
There is no origin for this idiom
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Common phrase that has a specific meaning.