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:

    “The sea
    takes on that desperate tone
    of dark that wives put on
    when all their love is done.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 15:1.