the are horses for courses

Selecting the most suitable person
The idiom 'horses for courses' means selecting the most suitable person or thing for a specific situation or task12345. It alludes to the fact that different people are suited for different things5.


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Meaning of horses for courses in English
 
horses for courses
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used to say that it is important to choose suitable people for particular activities because everyone has different skills
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(Definition of horses for courses from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of horses for courses
horses for courses
It is a question of horses for courses, whether one edits hard for consistency of treatment, or one edits lightly to allow contributors freedom of expression.
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It is horses for courses, and that is a rational approach.
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When they talk about horses for courses, they are really talking about the importance of getting the right barrister for a particular case.
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I believe that that is too rigid and the answer must surely be, to use a colloquialism, "horses for courses".
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I have always taken the view that, on voting systems, there must be horses for courses.
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In local government, much can be said for a different type of voting system, but there are horses for courses.
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The choice of system is a matter of horses for courses.
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It is a matter of horses for courses.
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It is essentially a case of horses for courses.
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I give that as just one example of the scope for horses for courses policy.
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It is a question of horses for courses.
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My final comment on aerial spraying is horses for courses and planes for plains.
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An important aspect of that has been the acceptance that, when it comes to electoral systems, it is a case of horses for courses.
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I have always believed in horses for courses.
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It is horses for courses, so we must have sufficient flexibility to allow some really innovative ideas to come forward.