What does it mean when Mongolians describe going to the toilet as looking at horses?

"Going to the toilet" has direct and more obscure ways of saying it in Mongolian.

Your friend said "going to the bathroom" as "going to see the horses", which is just like saying "going to the bathroom", which is a more civilized and obscure way of saying it. This statement is of course related to national habits.

As we all know, the Mongolian nation is a nomadic nation. A guest who comes on horseback often uses a horse tie to tie the horse to the grass outside the yurt (if there is a "horse hitching post", tie it to a post or other place where the horse is tied), and let the horse rest and graze. If guests sit in the yurt for too long, the horse will wander far away, so they need to come out to see if and where the horse is. This is the original meaning of "watching the horse". Today's living environment has changed a lot, many herdsmen have settled down, and their mounts are no longer "horses". But the saying "watching horses" has continued and given a new meaning - going to the toilet.

It is worth noting that when a man goes to see a horse, he should say "Морио харъя Morio hariya" - to see his castrated stallion and his own mount. For women, it should be "Г?гээ харъя G'uugee hariya" - look at your mare. If you say it wrong, others will laugh. A foreign lady made such a joke.