horse of a different color

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horse of a different color

(idiomatic) An unrelated or only incidentally related matter with distinctly different significance.
- 1908, Harold MacGrath, chapter 22, in The Lure of the Mask:
  "Against physical danger I am willing to offer myself at any time to your Highness . . . . But to walk straight into jail, with my eyes open, that's a horse of a different color."

Translations

unrelated or incidentally related matter with different significance

Catalan: Això són figues d'un altre paner
French: ^{(please verify)} c'est une autre paire de manches (fr)

Icelandic: allt annað mál, gjörólíkt, allt annar handleggur, annar handleggur, allt önnur Ella
Spanish: eso es harina de otro costal

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