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HORSE OF ANOTHER COLOR

a situation or plan which represents a change from what was expected or assumed
HORSE OF ANOTHER COLOR
1. Yesterday you said you wanted to go to the movies with a friend, and I assumed you meant a girlfriend. If you want to go with Ken, that’s a horse of another color.
2. At first, the unions accepted management’s offer of a 10% pay raise until they realized that management meant to spread the raise over four years instead of over two. To the unions, that was a horse of another color.


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