horse of a different color
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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
Instead of a horse of a different color, he was astride a horse of a different gender.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2019
Now here's a horse of a different color.
From Fox News ● Apr. 2, 2019
Having a doctor who is wise—well, that’s a horse of a different color.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2018
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
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