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every dark cloud has a silver lining	Alternative form of every cloud has a silver lining.	Rate it: (5.00 / 2 votes)
oh dark thirty	Some unspecified hour in the early morning.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
dark horse	An unexpected success.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
Dark-Horse Candidate	An unknown candidate who wins unpredictably	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
keep someone in the dark	To deliberately not tell someone details about something	Rate it: (4.00 / 2 votes)
all cats are gray in the dark	Variant of all cats are grey in the dark.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
in the dark	Without light; somewhere that is dark.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
a dark horse	Having Nothing To Do With The Color Of A Fantasy Horse, Rather An Expression Of A Winner, A Success Story, A Triumph Suddenly Developing, Revealing Itself All In A Positive Manner:	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
all cats are grey in the dark	In the dark, physical appearance is unimportant.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dark horse	A candidate who is nominated unexpectedly, without previously having been discussed or considered as a likely choice.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
in the dark	Without information.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
oh dark hundred	Some unspecified hour in the early morning.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shot in the dark	A guess, attempt, or choice made with little or no evidence or knowledge.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take a shot in the dark	To try on something without having any knowledge about the subject.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
whistle in the dark	To speak of something despite having little knowledge of it.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
black and white	A type of giant cookie with icing on the top side: half white, half dark chocolate.	Rate it: (5.00 / 2 votes)
chestnut	A dark, reddish-brown colour/color.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
black man	A (male) member of an ethnic group having dark pigmentation of the skin, typically of sub-Saharan African descent.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
black over Bill's mother's	Describing rain-bearing dark clouds on the horizon.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
il ne sait rien de rien	1. He knows absolutely nothing. 2. He is quite in the dark.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
je n'y vois pas clair	I cannot see, it is too dark.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
black out	To make dark.	Rate it: (2.33 / 3 votes)
red meat	Meats such as beef that are dark red in colour when uncooked.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
all cats are gray at night	Variant of all cats are grey in the dark.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
all cats are grey at night	Variant of all cats are grey in the dark.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
all cats are grey by night	Variant of all cats are grey in the dark.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
beetle-browed	having bushy dark and messy eyebrows; frowning; unfriendly in appearance	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
black	Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and colourless.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
c'est le revers de la médaille	That is the dark side of the picture.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire noir	To be dark, especially when it's night.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
huckleberry	A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color of several plants in the related genera Vaccinium and Gaylussacia.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il a les yeux cernés	He has dark circles round his eyes.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il fait noir comme dans un four	It is as dark as pitch.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il m'a porté un coup fourré	He struck me a blow in the dark.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
le rouge va bien aux brunes	Red suits dark women well.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
outsider	A competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning; a long shot; a dark horse.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tenere all'oscuro	keep someone in the dark	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
toute médaille a son revers	There is a dark side to every picture.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)