that's a horse of another color

  • 1horse\ of\ another\ color — • horse of a different color • horse of another color n. phr. informal Something altogether separate and different. Anyone can be broke, but to steal is a horse of a different color. Do you mean that the boy with that pretty girl is her brother?… …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 2(a) horse of another color — American a situation or a subject that is different from what you had first thought it was. You said you didn t like going to the movies, but if you don t want to go because you re broke, that s a horse of another color …

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  • 3horse\ of\ a\ different\ color — • horse of a different color • horse of another color n. phr. informal Something altogether separate and different. Anyone can be broke, but to steal is a horse of a different color. Do you mean that the boy with that pretty girl is her brother?… …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 4horse of a different color — or[horse of another color] {n. phr.}, {informal} Something altogether separate and different. * /Anyone can be broke, but to steal is a horse of a different color./ * /Do you mean that the boy with that pretty girl is her brother? I thought he… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 5horse of a different color — or[horse of another color] {n. phr.}, {informal} Something altogether separate and different. * /Anyone can be broke, but to steal is a horse of a different color./ * /Do you mean that the boy with that pretty girl is her brother? I thought he… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 6horse — [hôrs] n. pl. horses or horse [ME hors < OE hors, hros, akin to Ger ross (OHG hros), prob. < IE base * (s)ker , to leap (or < ? * k̑ers , to run > L cursus)] 1. a domesticated or wild, perissodactylous mammal (Equus caballus), raised… …

    English World dictionary

  • 7horse — horseless, adj. horselike, adj. /hawrs/, n., pl. horses, (esp. collectively) horse, v., horsed, horsing, adj. n. 1. a large, solid hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties …

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  • 8horse — horse1 W1S3 [ho:s US ho:rs] n [: Old English; Origin: hors] 1.) a large strong animal that people ride and use for pulling heavy things →↑pony, equine ↑equine, equestrian ↑equestrian ▪ a horse and cart ▪ Lee had never ridden a horse before …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9(a) horse of a different color — American a situation or a subject that is different from what you had first thought it was. You said you didn t like going to the movies, but if you don t want to go because you re broke, that s a horse of another color …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 10Horse — For other uses, see Horse (disambiguation). Domestic horse …

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