HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR, A Definition & Meaning

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Idioms and Phrases

Also, a horse of another color . Another matter entirely, something else. For example, I thought that was her boyfriend but it turned out to be her brother—that's a horse of a different color . This term probably derives from a phrase coined by Shakespeare, who wrote “a horse of that color” ( Twelfth Night , 2:3), meaning “the same matter” rather than a different one. By the mid-1800s the term was used to point out difference rather than likeness.

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“Everybody’s cautious about antioxidants, but this is a horse of a different color, a really elegant study,” Dr. DeKosky said.

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