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https://grammarist.com/idiom/one-trick-pony/

A one-trick pony is someone or something that only has one talent or trick they are capable of performing. The idiom one-trick pony is usually said derisively, implying that the person or thing in question has little to offer. Someone who is a one-trick pony is not considered well-rounded.

But what IF that one trick pony discovers, by accident/by sudden great necessity, that they have more than one trick. They have many tricks. Maybe even some tricks waiting to manifest.

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JOE Biden was filmed saying "one horse pony" instead of the common saying "one trick pony".

So the pony isn't promiscuous?
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Eclipse
The temperamental, spirited, fast steed that changed horse racing forever. The greatest racehorse of the 18th century was allegedly born during the 1764 solar eclipse, which tracked from Iberia to Scandinavia, at noon on April Fool’s Day. He was named, appropriately, Eclipse.

The 1760s and 1770s were some of the louchest years in Britain’s history. One woman in five made a living selling sex. Gambling was similarly rife through every level of society. At its tamest, this involved cock fighting and horse racing. When a man collapsed outside the posh gentlemen’s club Brooks, members staked money on whether or not he was dead. Even high-society women were involved.
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/eclipse-famous-racehorse-gambling?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b38f479191-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_08_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-b38f479191-63124913&ct=t(Newsletter_8_4_2017)&mc_cid=b38f479191&mc_eid=dbc2f66964


louche
lo͞oSH

-adjective
superlative adjective: louchest
disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way.

Origin -
[French, from Old French losche, squint-eyed, feminine of lois, from Latin luscus, blind in one eye.]
1810–20; < French: literally, cross-eyed
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Adj. 1. louche - of questionable taste or morality; "a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting"
shady
disreputable - lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance

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