04-21-2008, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by El Detective
There may be some confusion with the fact that a "hot foot", used as two words, is a horse trainer's term for a race horse who is favoring a hoof but is not lame. The leg feels hot, ergo the term.
Horses have veins very close to the surface in their lower legs which is why they will stand in a stream or pool of water after walking or running a long way. This is where we got the phrase "cool your heels" from.
Just a thought.
Joel
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Jesus, Joel!! that was a great explanation, and funny too!! I didn't know the horse term and neiter did I know the idiom. 
Cool your heels, indeed! 
Wonderful! 
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