A good horse is never a bad color?

[Torsten]

Could you please help me make sense of this sentence:

A good horse is never a bad color? It seems this is the title of a book but maybe it's also an idiom? Have you ever heard this phrase and if in what context?

Thanks in advance,
Torsten

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[Alan]

Hi Torsten,

A quick search has revealed this:

[Tamara]

Hmm... I’d understand that means: when you love/like someone (your horse :)) it almost does not matter, how he/she looks.
Your lovely horse always has just the 'right' colour, in this sense.
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[Yankee]

Hi Torsten

The expression "That's a horse of a different color" means "That's another matter entirely". It's a well-known expression in the US.

Your sentence sounds like a play on that expression. My literal interpretation of your quote is:
A well-trained (i.e., useful) horse is valuable no matter what color it is.

Amy
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[Tom]

Hello everybody

I am translating one proverb from my language into English. This proverb seems more or less like what Torsten discussed.

1- A bad cover cannot hide a good book.

OR:

1- A good book does not have a bad cover.

Tom

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

That reminds me of this English expression:

You can't judge a book by its cover. :D

Amy
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[Tamara]

Hi

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[Tamara]

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