rocking horse shit

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rocking horse shit

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From the expression rare as rocking horse shit, with the joke being that rocking horses do not produce feces.

noun rocking-horse shit

  1. idiomatic, slang, uncountable, vulgar Something exceedingly rare or, more likely, nonexistent.

    Similar: hen's tooth, rocking horse poo, black swan, lightning in a bottle, one in a million, rara avis, rare bird, rarity, rocking horse shit, unicorn

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@misc{rocking_horse_shit_2026,
  title = {rocking horse shit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rocking%20horse%20shit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}