精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上A dark horse is one that shows unexpected racing speed and comes in first, 1 the experts said he had little chance of winning. In politics, an 2 candidate (候选人) for office who 3 a nomination(提名)or election is called a dark horse. British Prime Minister Benjamin Disrael is believed to 4 the first to use the phrase. In his novel, The Young Duke , published in 1831, Disrael described a horse race and told how the two top choices fell 5 ,while a da