Dark Horse

A dark horse is a little-known person or thing that emerges to prominence, especially in a competition of some sort or a contestant that seems unlikely to succeed.

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Famous quotes containing the words dark and/or horse:

    “In Tsegihi,
    In the house made of dawn,
    In the house made of the evening twilight,
    In the house made of the dark cloud, ...
    Oh, male divinity!
    With your moccasins of dark cloud, come to us.”
    —Administration in the State of Ariz, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

    “A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)