🐴 Horse
"Dark horse"
Meaning
A person who surprises everyone by doing very well.
About the horse
Horses have long been work and racing animals, so their idioms describe effort, priorities, and stubborn resistance.
Example sentence
Nobody expected quiet Daniel to win the race, but he was the dark horse.
Test yourself
Which idiom means...
A person who surprises everyone by doing very well.
More horse idioms
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"Straight from the horse's mouth"
Information received directly from the person who knows the truth.
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"Hold your horses"
Wait a moment; do not rush.
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"Eat like a horse"
To eat a lot.
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"A horse of a different color"
A completely different matter.
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"Flogging a dead horse"
Wasting effort on something that cannot succeed.
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"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink"
You can give someone a chance, but you cannot force them to use it.