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A dark horse is a previously lesser-known person, team or thing that emerges to prominence in a situation, especially in a competition involving multiple rivals, [1] that is unlikely to succeed but has a fighting chance, [2] unlike the underdog who is expected to lose. The term comes from horse racing and horse betting jargon for any new but ...
References A ace Slang for the drug acepromazine or acetyl promazine (trade names Atravet or Acezine), which is a sedative : 3 commonly used on horses during veterinary treatment, but also illegal in the show ring. Also abbreviated ACP. action The way a horse elevates its legs, knees, hock, and feet. : 3 Also includes how the horse uses its shoulder, humerus, elbow, and stifle; most often used ...
Do not look a gift horse in the mouth; Do not make a mountain out of a mole hill; Do not meet troubles half-way; Do not put all your eggs in one basket; Do not put the cart before the horse; Do not put too many irons in the fire; Do not put new wine into old bottles; Do not put off until tomorrow what you can do today; Do not rock the boat
This is a list of idioms that were recognizable to literate people in the late-19th century, and have become unfamiliar since. As the article list of idioms in the English language notes, a list of idioms can be useful, since the meaning of an idiom cannot be deduced by knowing the meaning of its constituent words. See that article for a fuller ...
Dark horse – Previously less known person or thing that emerges to prominence; Deus ex machina – Contrived device to resolve the plot of a dramatic work; Domino effect – Cumulative effect produced when one event sets off a chain of other events; Dragon king theory – Event that is both extremely large in effect and of unique origins
Universal Pictures / Dark Horse Entertainment / Mutual Film Company / Valhalla Motion Pictures: Mystery Men: Universal Pictures / Dark Horse Entertainment / Golar Productions: 2000: G-Men from Hell: Sawmill Entertainment: Direct-to-video. 2003: American Splendor: Fine Line Features / Dark Horse Entertainment / HBO Films / Good Machine: Received ...
Dark Horse released a hardcover collection of all the stories, remastered with added extras, in October 2009. It was initially announced as The Life and Times of Martha Washington in the Twenty First Century, [3] and then The Martha Washington Omnibus, [4] before finally settling on the original name. [5] [6] The details of the various collections:
In July 2006, Pendragon Pictures gave legal notice to Dark Horse Comics, claiming that the comic directly replicated hundreds of images from its 2005 film H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. Pendragon set up a website that compared frames of the movie to panels from the comic, and included a poll for the public to vote on whether they thought ...