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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 ...
Of course my horse (trademarked by Guadalupe Schmidt-Mumm) Old soldiers never die, (they simply/just fade away). From a Great War soldiers' song; the phrase was most notably referred to by U.S. General Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964) in his farewell address to the Congress. Once a(n) _, always a(n) _ Once bitten, twice shy
"Dark Horse" debuted at number seventeen on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number four on the Hot Digital Songs chart with 194,000 downloads sold for the week ending October 5, 2013. [40] Following its release as a single, after several weeks of ascending the chart, "Dark Horse" reached number one in the United States on the chart dated February ...
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
Juvenal's phrase was a common expression in 16th century London as a statement of impossibility. [7] The London expression derives from the Old World presumption that all swans must be white because all historical records of swans reported that they had white feathers. [8] In that context, a black swan was impossible or at least nonexistent.
Wesley is a horse with a big personality. Recently Amanda Enloe had a film crew at her farm filming a commercial, and they wanted to use some of her horses, including Wesley, in the scene.
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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 ...