"horse of a different color" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-horse of a different color.ogg
Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} horse of a different color
  1. (American spelling, idiomatic) An unrelated or only incidentally related matter with distinctly different significance. Tags: US, idiomatic Synonyms: horse of a different colour [UK] Translations (unrelated or incidentally related matter with different significance): Això són figues d'un altre paner (Catalan), andere koek [masculine] (Dutch), aivan eri juttu (Finnish), allt annað mál (Icelandic), gjörólíkt (Icelandic), allt annar handleggur (Icelandic), annar handleggur (Icelandic), allt önnur Ella (Icelandic), inna para kaloszy [feminine] (Polish), altă mâncare de pește [feminine] (Romanian), совсе́м друго́е де́ло (sovsém drugóje délo) (Russian), eso es harina de otro costal (Spanish), es otro cantar (Spanish)

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