Many nineteenth-century American coinages are metaphors. What is meant by dark horse?

English

2 answers:

user100 [1]2 years ago

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Answer:

an unexpected winner.

Explanation:

pochemuha2 years ago

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A dark horse is an unexpected winner. Someone who wins something completely unexpectedly, out of nowhere, no one would have believed that they would be a winner. The expression was originally used in horse racing as slang to describe a horse that wins that no one would have bet on to win.

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