a dark horse

뜻

someone with unexpected talents or interests they rarely mention

뜻밖의 재능이나 관심사를 숨긴 사람.

예문

1. 1Aisha is a dark horse; none of us knew she could play the violin.
2. 2Our quiet neighbour turned out to be a dark horse with several published novels.
3. 3What a dark horse you are, keeping your fluent Japanese a secret from us all!
4. 4That unexpected chess trophy revealed Ben as a dark horse; he'd never mentioned playing before.
5. 5I'd call our receptionist a dark horse: her pottery exhibition surprised everyone who knew her only at work.

문법

셀 수 있는 명사, 보통 동사 be나 turn out to be 뒤에 단수로 쓴다. dark horse 앞에는 a를 쓴다.

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