Dear sir,
What does this sentence mean?
"He is a dark horse." Please reply.
***** NOT A TEACHER *****
(1) The teacher has given you and me an excellent definition.
(2) The term "dark horse" is often used in the world of politics.
(3) Next year, the American people will vote for president.
(4) We have two major political parties: the Democratic Party and the
Republican Party. Each party chooses a candidate. Then there is
an election, and one candidate becomes the president.
(5) We all know that the Democratic Party will choose President Obama
as its candidate for the 2012 election.
(6) We do not know who the Republican camdidate will be.
(7) At the present time, at least 10 people want to be chosen as the
Republican candidate. Of those 10, the persons who are the most
popular are: Mr. P., Mr. R., Ms. B., and another Mr. P. Many people say that
the six other candidates "do not have a chance. They cannot win the nomination."
(8) But some people are asking: "Is one of those six others a
dark horse? "
That is, is it possible that one of those six others will
surprise everyone and
be chosen as the candidate of the Republican Party? For example, if Mr. P.,
Mr. R., Ms. B., and the other Mr. P. cannot win the nomination, maybe those four
people will say: "None of us can win, so let's all agree to support Mr./Ms. X (one of the
six others)." Then the newspapers and TV stations will announce: BIG NEWS! DARK
HORSE WINS NOMINATION AS CANDIDATE. (Nobody thought that Mr./Ms.X could
win. But s/he did! What a
shock!"