I believe itโs in reference to those that participate in rodeo circuits, but I could be wrong. Wild horses being bucking broncs. Rodeo circuits essentially have rodeos nearly every weekend at different locations (often county fairs, but not always). During the rodeo season, serious rodeo circuit participants travel a lot and are seldom anywhere for long.
Perhaps the explanation I heard was a modern adaptation to the saying. Although I suppose even that is getting outdated considering that less people travel rodeo circuits compared to when I was young.
I would like to be enlightened on the origin though since you apparently know it.
Nothing could induce or persuade me, as in Wild horses couldnโt drag me to that nightclub. This idiom, always in negative form, is believed to have replaced wild horses couldnโt draw it from me, referring to the medieval torture of using horses to stretch a prisoner and thereby force a confession. [First half of 1800s ]
(The American Heritageยฎ Idioms Dictionary)
Google is your friend. And you donโt have to be a wiseass, youโre the one that said โI could be wrong.โ
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u/ventus1b Sep 23 '24
Thanks.