dark horse candidate/dark horse winner

Swedish translation: okänd förmåga / otippad segrare

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English term or phrase:dark horse candidate/dark horse winner
Swedish translation:okänd förmåga / otippad segrare
Entered by: m_a_a_

15:33 Jul 28, 2016
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English term or phrase: dark horse candidate/dark horse winner
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A little known, unexpectedly successful entrant, as in You never can tell—some dark horse may come along and win a Senate seat. This metaphoric expression originally alluded to an unknown horse winning a race and was so used in a novel by Benjamin Disraeli ( The Young Duke, 1831). It soon began to be transferred to political candidates, among the first of whom was James K. Polk. He won the 1844 Democratic Presidential nomination on the eighth ballot and went on to win the election.
m_a_a_
Greece
Local time: 07:04
okänd förmåga eller otippad segrare
Explanation:
Dark horse översätts så i Nordstedts engelska Pro. Verkar passa i sammanhanget.
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Brita Peters
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okänd förmåga eller otippad segrare


Explanation:
Dark horse översätts så i Nordstedts engelska Pro. Verkar passa i sammanhanget.

Brita Peters
Canada
Local time: 01:04
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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Hade hoppats på någonting lika bildrikt som originalet, men det får duga...
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