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English translation: under dog/dark horse
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peer agreement (net): +2under dog/dark horse Explanation: the term dark horse is used, when someone, or a party, enters a competition, but is unlikely to win. Also, The term began as horse racing parlance. A dark horse is a race horse that is not known to gamblers and thus is difficult to place betting odds on (Wikipedia) As for underdog: also very similar in use and very popular in English, and is much more mainstream. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_horse |
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