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Meaning of horse of a different color | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

An unrelated or only incidentally related matter with distinctly different significance.

US, idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“"Against physical danger I am willing to offer myself at any time to your Highness . . . . But to walk straight into jail, with my eyes open, that's a horse of a different color."”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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