hay is for horses

English

Alternative forms

  • hey is for horses

Etymology

From hay being homophonous with hey.

Phrase

hay is for horses

  1. (sarcastic) said as a retort to someone saying hey (any sense of the interjection), used to indicate that the speaker disapproves of the usage of the word "hey", perhaps due to a dislike of informal speech.
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