The horse that has "run like a hairy goat" during the whole of his long racing career... won the Melbourne cup by ten lengths. (J. O'Grady, ‘Aussie English’) — Лошадь, которая никогда не приходила первой... завоевала мельбурнский кубок, опередив других лошадей на десять корпусов.
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.
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