Alternative form of you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink

(idiomatic) Temporarily incapacitated but not permanently defeated.

(shipbuilding) A method of working long tapering planks by bringing the but of one plank to the top of the other to make up a constant breadth in two layers.

plural of butadienyl

(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of butadienoic acid

(rhetorical question, colloquial, childish) Assertion that an insult made by the party to whom the phrase is directed is actually true of that party, and not of the person using the phrase. Usually considered to be a playground taunt.

(academics) A status of a doctoral student who has completed all PhD degree requirements except the doctoral dissertation.

History (or progress) moves ahead, no matter the criticism it may attract.

Used to cut off objections or qualifications.

(organic chemistry) The univalent radical HC≡C-C≡C- derived from butadiyne