🐴 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
In the singing contest, the shy girl became the dark horse and won first prize.
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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"Dark horse"
A person who surprises everyone by doing very well.
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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.