“Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? / Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.”
Bible
“Out started six officers, seized my bridle, put their pistols to my breast, ordered me to dismount, which I did. One of them, who appeared to have the command there, and much of a gentleman, asked me where I came from; I told him. He asked what time I left . I told him, he seemed surprised, said ''Sir, may I crave your name?'' I answered ''My name is Revere.”
Paul Revere
“A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.”
“SDSU has for the last quarter of a century sort of bridled at the basic mission statement of the CSU and has extended beyond the teaching of undergraduates. We expect more from our faculty than that.”
Tom Scott
“He took me there on the bridle and then we just went clear.”
Frankie Dettori
“I was very worried around the turn, because the horse had been coming off the bridle and I had to keep asking him. But when we turned into the stretch I kept after him and he found a few more gears.”
“And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.”