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 was her boyfriend. Well, that's a horse of another color.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
(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 … New idioms dictionary
horse — [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
horse\ 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
horse 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
horse 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
horse — 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 … Universalium
horse — 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
Horse — For other uses, see Horse (disambiguation). Domestic horse … Wikipedia
Horse markings — These young horses, though all the same color, exhibit uniquely different markings, which can be used to identify individual horses … Wikipedia
(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
