Meanings of hobby horse in English

The French called it a draisine, the English a hobby horse.

We shouldn't be wasting time on the latest ideological hobby horse.

Prof. Smith: Every man likes to ride his own hobby horse.

In a way, researching alternative medicine had become a " hobby horse".

This wheel has bicycle cranks and pedals and carries a seat or a hobby horse.

But don't get me started on my hobby horse.

The inebriate jumped astride his hobby horse.

Everyone, it seems has a grudge, hobby horse or irritation that they feel should become the latest Winging It rant.

The "Inner City Bike" was inspired by the cafe racer (check out those handlebars) and the roll-along hobby horse.

Its shrewd cryptographic configuration has made it more robust than expected, meaning it is no longer simply a hobby horse for extreme internet libertarians.

Yesterday, when we were playing at Mr. Harley's house, we found a little hobby horse, that must have belonged to one of the boys.

Multichoice have appealed to government to regulate streaming services in the past and jumped aboard that tired hobby horse yet again to defend their position.

A few years later, I acquired a second hobby horse when I became head of a large clinical department of the medical school in Vienna.

And when it's bad when Bergan goes into overdrive on his "Anthony Perkins was Norman Bates" hobby horse it's a pain in the neck.

Madam, - Trust the begrudgers to hitch their various hobby horses to the Christmas bandwagon.

Toys included dolls, balls, drums, and hobby horses.