horse of a different color
Example Sentences
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“Black Beauty” is a horse of a different color in a contemporary update of Anna Sewell’s equine-centric 19th century novel.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2020
Now here's a horse of a different color.
From Fox News • Apr. 2, 2019
Whereas Bernie Bernbaum is a horse of a different color.
From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2016
Robot law is not Internet law; it’s a horse of a different color.
From Slate • Oct. 27, 2014
Sabatini: He kept his front going all day long, but once his mom came home he was a horse of a different color.
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
