Luis M. Gonzalez wrote: > Peter Hansen wrote: > >>Gerhard Haering wrote: >> >>>On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 09:06:21AM -0400, Peter Hansen wrote: >>> >>>>I'm not familiar with this expression. What do you mean by "black horse"? >>> >>>Maybe "the Ferrari of pythonic frameworks" (black horse on yellow >>>background being the symbol of Ferrari). >> >>I know there are "black sheep" in some families, and "dark horse >>candidates". Also yellow-bellied sapsuckers. There's a "black horse" >>fish in the Mississippi valley (also, quite coincidentally, of the >>sucker family). Not entirely sure that was the intended connotation. :-) >> >>-Peter > > > I'm used to make those mistakes too... > This mailing list taught me more English than Python for sure. > I read the expression "Dark horse contender" many times, and i guess it > has some reminiscence from medieval times and the cavalry stories. > It meaning is something like the "unknown that could be the new champ", > someone intriguing and mysterious who doesn't unveil its skills untill > showtime. Am I right? > > Cheers, > Luis > You're right on!.
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