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horse of a different color

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, idiomatic

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Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: Això són figues d'un altre paner — unrelated or incidentally related matter with different significance
  • Dutch: andere koek — unrelated or incidentally related matter with different significance
  • Finnish: aivan eri juttu — unrelated or incidentally related matter with different significance
  • German: ganz andere Sache — unrelated or incidentally related matter with different significance
  • German: völlig andere Geschichte — unrelated or incidentally related matter with different significance
  • Icelandic: allt annað mál — unrelated or incidentally related matter with different significance
  • Icelandic: gjörólíkt — unrelated or incidentally related matter with different significance
  • Icelandic: allt annar handleggur — unrelated or incidentally related matter with different significance
  • Icelandic: annar handleggur — unrelated or incidentally related matter with different significance
  • Icelandic: allt önnur Ella — unrelated or incidentally related matter with different significance
  • Polish: inna para kaloszy — unrelated or incidentally related matter with different significance
  • Romanian: altă mâncare de pește — unrelated or incidentally related matter with different significance
  • Russian: совсе́м друго́е де́ло (sovsém drugóje délo) — unrelated or incidentally related matter with different significance
  • Spanish: eso es harina de otro costal — unrelated or incidentally related matter with different significance
  • Spanish: es otro cantar — unrelated or incidentally related matter with different significance