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What is the origin of the term - 'wild horses couldnt keep me away'?

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1. Rolling Stones
2. rolling stones song "wild horses" check out a cover done by Jerry Garcia back in the old days. amazing.
3. There does not appear to be one specific origin of the term. But if you just imagine a time when horses were the major form of transportation, you can probably relate better to the expression. A horse used for transportation is domesticated. A wild, untamed horse in strong and powerful. It is untrained and will not obey the wishes of man. It's another way of saying nothing could keep me away.
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5. You ever tried to get past a bunch of wild horses? They're strong. Seriously, it means he wants to be there so bad that even if horses were pulling him (they were about the strongest things around when this saying was coined) they still couldn't make him leave.