āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
dark horse
/dËÉËk hËÉËs/
Dark horse
01
āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻā§āĻĒāĻ¨ āĻĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ
a person with secret skills or ideas that when become known, they surprise people
Dialect
British
British
Idiom
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The band 's new album was a dark horse - nobody expected it to be such a huge hit, but it ended up topping the charts.
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ
ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻŦāĻžāĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻšāĻ°ā§āĻ¸ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ - āĻā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻļāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻšāĻŋāĻ āĻšāĻŦā§, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇā§ āĻāĻ ā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻž
a racehorse about which little is known
03
āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§
a political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
