黑hak1馬maa5

English

1. dark horse
2. dark horse; a person, animal or thing that is not expected to have a chance, yet may have potentials of which are not aware by most people
3. fig. unexpected winner

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 好多人唔睇好，但係有潛質嘅人、動物、事物（源自英國前首相班傑明‧迪斯累利喺1831年出版嘅小説《年輕的公爵》；裏頭描述咗一匹黑馬，原本俾人認定奪冠機會好細而最終勝出。）（量詞：隻）

Examples

• 呢隻仙股黑馬嚟㗎。

  This penny stock is a dark horse.

• 做黑馬幾好吖，冇壓力。

  It's good that no one expects you to win. No pressure at all.