A HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR

Meaning of A HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR in English

a different matter, a separate issue

If he wants to buy the land, that's a horse of a different color.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

A HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR — a different matter, a separate issue If he wants to buy the land, that's a horse of a different color.
English Idioms vocab
COLOR — n color (1. as in the colors of the rainbow; 2. coloring matter, paint); color local local color
Interlingua English vocab
HORSE — I Equus caballus ) long used by humans as a means of transport and as a draft animal. Its earliest …
Английский словарь Британика
HORSE — I. R ˈhȯ(ə)rs, - R ˈhȯ(ə)s, dial R ˈhȯs or ˈhä(r)s - R ˈhäs noun ( plural horses also horse …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIFFERENT — I. ˈdifərnt, -f(ə)rənt, -R sometimes -fənt adjective Etymology: Middle French, from Latin different-, differens, present participle of differre to carry …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COLOR — I. ˈkələ(r) noun ( -s ) Usage: see -or Etymology: Middle English colour, from Old French color, colour, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIFFERENT — (a.) Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or …
Английский словарь Webster
COLOR — (n.) A distinguishing badge, as a flag or similar symbol (usually in the plural); as, the colors or color of …
Английский словарь Webster
COLOR — (n.) That which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as, oil colors or water colors.
Английский словарь Webster
DIFFERENT — ( a. ) Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HORSE — — horseless , adj. — horselike , adj. /hawrs/ , n. , pl. horses , ( esp. collectively ) horse …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DIFFERENT — — differently , adv. — differentness , n. /dif"euhr euhnt, dif"reuhnt/ , adj. 1. not alike in character or quality; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COLOR — — colorer , n. /kul"euhr/ , n. 1. the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HORSE — I. ˈhȯrs noun ( plural hors·es also horse ) Etymology: Middle English hors, from Old English; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DIFFERENT — I. ˈdi-fərnt, ˈdi-f(ə-)rənt adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin different-, differens, present participle of differre Date: 14th century 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COLOR — I. ˈkə-lər noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English colour, from Anglo-French, from Latin color; akin to Latin celare to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HORSE — noun ·see footrope, ·adj. 2. horse ·vi to get on horseback. 3. horse ·adj a breastband for a leadsman. 4. …
Webster English vocab
DIFFERENT — adj distinct; separate; not the same; other. 2. different ·adj of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or …
Webster English vocab
COLOR — vt to hide. 2. color ·noun any hue distinguished from white or black. 3. color ·noun shade or variety of …
Webster English vocab
HORSE — [horse] n, pl hors.es also horse [ME hors, fr. OE; akin to OHG hros horse] (bef. 12c) 1 a (1): …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DIFFERENT — [dif.fer.ent] adj [MF, fr. L different-, differens, prp. of differre] (14c) 1: partly or totally unlike in nature, form, or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COLOR — [col.or] n, often attrib [ME colour, fr. OF, fr. L color; akin to L celare to conceal--more at hell] (13c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HORSE — a hoofed, herbivorous mammal of the family Equidae. It comprises a single species, Equus caballus, whose numerous varieties are called …
Britannica English vocabulary
DIFFERENT — different BrE AmE ˈdɪf r ə nt ˈdɪf ə r‿ ə nt ˈdɪf ə r‿ ə nt ▷ different|ly li …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COLOR — color BrE AmE ˈkʌl ə AmE - ə r ▷ colored ˈkʌl əd AmE - ə rd ▷ coloring ˈkʌl …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HORSE — / hɔːs; NAmE hɔːrs/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. a large animal with four legs, a mane (= long …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIFFERENT — / ˈdɪfrənt; NAmE / adjective 1. different (from / to / than sb/sth) not the same as sb/sth; not like …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HORSE — I. horse 1 S1 W1 /hɔːs $ hɔːrs/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hors ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DIFFERENT — dif ‧ fe ‧ rent S1 W1 /ˈdɪf ə rənt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: verb : ↑ differ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COLOR — I. col ‧ or 1 /ˈkʌlə $ -ər/ BrE AmE the American spelling of ↑ colour II. color 2 BrE …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HORSE — n. & v. --n. 1 a a solid-hoofed plant-eating quadruped, Equus caballus, with flowing mane and tail, used for riding …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DIFFERENT — adj. 1 (often foll. by from, to, than) unlike, distinguishable in nature, form, or quality (from another). ° Different from …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HORSE — n. & v. n. 1 a a solid-hoofed plant-eating quadruped, Equus caballus, with flowing mane and tail, used for riding …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DIFFERENT — adj. 1 (often foll. by from, to, than) unlike, distinguishable in nature, form, or quality (from another). ° Different from …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HORSE — n. & v. --n. 1. a a solid-hoofed plant-eating quadruped, Equus caballus, with flowing mane and tail, used for riding …
Oxford English vocab
DIFFERENT — adj.1 (often foll. by from, to, than) unlike, distinguishable in nature, form, or quality (from another). Usage: Different from is …
Oxford English vocab
HORSE — ( horses) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A horse is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIFFERENT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If two people or things are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HORSE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a horse/boat/bike etc race ▪ It’s legal to gamble on horse races. charley horse …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIFFERENT — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a different kind ▪ Fossils of many different kinds have been found in this site. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COLOR — I. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES color guard color line PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES a horse of a different color ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIFFERENT — [adjective]Different means not the same.She seems to wear something different every day.He's different now that he's been to college.Are you …
Cambridge English vocab
HORSE — n. American Saddle Horse Arabian horse Crazy Horse cutting horse horse racing horse chestnut family pommel horse side horse Przewalski's …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HORSE — n. Equine species ( Equus caballus ) long used by humans as a means of transport and as a draft …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HORSE — Synonyms and related words : Al Borak, American trotter, Amytal, Amytal pill, Angora goat, Appaloosa, Arabian, Arctic fox, Barb, Barbary …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COLOR — Synonyms and related words : Adrianople red, Alice blue, Arabian red, Argos brown, Bordeaux, Brunswick black, Brunswick blue, Burgundy, Capri …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HORSE — See: BET ON THE WRONG HORSE, CART BEFORE THE HORSE, CHANGE HORSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM or CHANGE …
Slang English vocab
COLOR — See: CHANGE COLOR, GIVE COLOR TO or LEND COLOR TO, HAUL DOWN ONE'S COLORS, HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR, NAIL …
Slang English vocab
COLOR — n. off color parti color flying colors parti colored rose colored rose colored spectacles
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
COLOR — n. Function: noun 1 a property of a visible thing recognizable only when rays of light fall upon it and …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
COLOR — I. noun 1. a property of a visible thing recognizable only when rays of light fall upon it and serving …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIFFERENT — See ↑ DIFFERENT 1,5, ↑ VARIOUS/OF DIFFERENT KINDS 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ along different lines • ↑ be different • …
Longman Activator English vocab
DIFFERENT — INDEX: 1. not like someone or something else 2. very different from something or someone else 3. completely different from …
Longman Activator English vocab
HORSE — n. 25B6; noun MOUNT, charger, cob, nag, hack; pony, foal, yearling, colt, stallion, gelding, mare, filly; N. Amer. bronco; Austral./NZ …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIFFERENT — adj. 25B6; adjective people with different lifestyles : DISSIMILAR, unalike, unlike, contrasting, contrastive, divergent, differing, varying, disparate; poles apart, incompatible, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
COLOR — (1) Measured in units that relate to a standard. A yellow-brown natural color is associated with lakes or rivers receiving …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
DIFFERENT — adj. 1 unlike, unalike, dissimilar, conflicting; contrary, discrete, contrastive, contrasting, disparate, divergent, diverse, distinct, opposite, separate, distinguishable; another or other …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HORSE — See: BET ON THE WRONG HORSE, CART BEFORE THE HORSE, CHANGE HORSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM or CHANGE …
Словарь английских идиом
COLOR — See: CHANGE COLOR, GIVE COLOR TO or LEND COLOR TO, HAUL DOWN ONE'S COLORS, HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR, NAIL …
Словарь английских идиом
HORSE — The most striking feature in the biblical notices of the horse is the exclusive application of it to warlike operations; …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
DIFFERENT — adjective 1 BAD : London is different of Hong Kong. GOOD : London is different from/to Hong Kong. BAD : …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
HORSE — 1. сущ. 1) а) конь, лошадь; скаковая лошадь to break (in) a horse ≈ приучать лошадь к поводьям to breed, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DIFFERENT — прил. 1) а) непохожий, другой, отличный (from, to, than) (по внутренней структуре, качествам и т.д.) basically, entirely, radically different ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COLOR — амер.; = colour (американизм) = colour background ~ вчт. цвет фона color амер. = colour ~ look-up table вчт. кодовая …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

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