To
everyone’s surprise, the party convention produced a dark horse
candidate for the presidency.
The
candidate appearing on the billboards is merely a stalking horse.
She
will go out with you, but she says that marrying you would be a
horse of a different color.
French
chefs say that Americans who eat the salad first are putting the
cart before the horse.
NASA
plans to use the space shuttle as a work-horse for building an
orbital station.
He
got on his high horse and gave us a long sermon about double
standards.
If
you don’t believe me, ask the director and get it straight from
the horse’s mouth.
He’s
still lampooning his rival even after winning the election; he’s
flogging a dead horse.
The
entry of that faction into the group is a Trojan horse.
