horses and buggies

Pre-automotive carriages pulled

Horse-drawn carriages, or more broadly, outdated technology and methods.

The phrase appears most often as an adjective: horses-and-buggies thinking, a horses-and-buggies approach to healthcare.

It evokes the era before automobiles, implying something quaint but impractical for modern life.

Related

horsedrawn · harness · buggy whip · blacksmithing · buggy · livery stable · hoofbeats · wheels · farrier · trot · buckboard · oats · hay bales · surrey · bridle · phaeton · chariot · barouche

Opposites
transportation technology

horses and buggiesautomobiles

Self-propelled road vehicles

cars · motor vehicles · self-driving cars · electric vehicles · Tesla

modernity/era

horses and buggiescutting-edge technology

Most advanced available innovations

high-tech · Silicon Valley · smartphones · artificial intelligence · modernity

speed and efficiency

horses and buggieshigh-speed rail

Fast passenger trains

supersonic jets · bullet trains · Concorde · sports cars · race cars

Family

horse, horsed, horses, buggies, horsing, horsey, horseman, horsemanship, horseback

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G