horse of a different color

Any specific type of thing that is different in a noticeable way, similar to a horse dyed with Jello powder so that is a different color. A new way of doing something.

In 1992 the Sony Minidisc was a horse of a different color when it came to sound recordings.

Well, that's the horse of a different color! <--In the Wizard of Oz when they refer to the purple and blue horses.

by Wm. Wallace The Freedom Fighter January 4, 2008

difficult

Something not worth doing.

Quantum Physics is difficult.

by dano magnum October 23, 2006

Same difference

A term for when two subtraction problems equal the same thing

6 minus 1 = 5
10 minus 5 = 5
Same difference

by tr010101 August 16, 2012

cut by a different cloth

Someone made by a different make up than others, usually in a positive way. They do things against the grain.

Domenic is cut by a different cloth, he just does whatever he wants whenever he wants.

by Magnacarta67 October 16, 2017

Difference Barrier

The politically correct aka pc term for a fence.

The United States needs to build a better difference barrier between itself and Mexico

by MistahTom June 11, 2006

height differences

A term proudly used by some Dutch people to describe variations in topography across the Dutch landscape that are almost unnoticeable to everybody else.

Some people say that the area around Groningen is generally flat, but the region has many height differences.

by MonteZuma August 4, 2004

Shat the Diff

A catastrophic failure of a car's transmission in which the differential collapses damaging the transmission and the vehicle loses drive , also leaving a trail of oil where it's been

i couldn't pick up droo, fash and professor layton as me astra had broke down, it shat the diff and left a trail of oil like the amoco cadiz along the road, darn diff!

by davethejag February 5, 2009