1) Dark Horse
-In the World Cup, Asian teams are considered dark horses because their players are unknown
-The new student was a dark horse on the basketball team
-Lance was a dark horse at the bowling tournament, since he was new.
Definition: a competitor that people know little about and could win
Etymology: a New horse that people didn't know how to evaluate
2) Rub the wrong way
-Wendy rubs people the wrong way because she tries to impose her liberal beliefs on others
-Uncle Eric rubs people the wrong way by bragging about flying first class
-There are rumours that he left the band "Direction 1" because he rubbed his bandmates the wrong way
Definition: to irritate someone
Etymology: This idiom alludes to rubbing an animal's fur in the wrong direction. [Mid-1800s] like a shark
3) Food porn
-Jamie oliver is going to war with food porn by getting children to eat healthy school lunches.
-Tiffany's blog is covered in food porn from the expensive restaurants she goes to.
-French dishes are the most prone to becoming food porn.
Definition: spectacular visual presentation of cooking or eating in advertisements, infomercials, blogs, cooking shows or other visual media, foods boasting a high fat and calorie content, exotic dishes that arouse a desire to eat or the glorification of food as a substitute for sex
Etymology: feminist critic Rosalind Coward in her 1984 book Female Desire[5] in which she writes:
"Cooking food and presenting it beautifully is an act of servitude. It is a way of expressing affection through a gift... That we should aspire to produce perfectly finished and presented food is a symbol of a willing and enjoyable participation in servicing others.