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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

And if what you are really after is having more children, that is a horse of a different color.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2020

Now here's a horse of a different color.

From Fox News ● Apr. 2, 2019

Whereas Bernie Bernbaum is a horse of a different color.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2016

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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