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I entered define: "stalking horse" into Google and got this, which is
close enough. Essentially, a stalking horse is a decoy or proxy. I am
not sure what metaphor died to give us the phrase.
- Jessica
A stalking horse is someone whose role is to become the focal point for,
or the initiator of, a debate or challenge. In reality, however, their
leadership role may be an illusion. In practice they are working to
promote a challenge or debate that will benefit a third party whose
identity remains a secret. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalking_horse
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Jessica used the term "stalking horse" in the following, and I was
wondering what it meant? I haven't seen this colloquialism before :-)
"...find out whether the complaint is a
**stalking horse** for some other specific source of dissatisfaction."
Is it like a "red herring"? Where does it come from? (I'm from Texas, I
don't know!!)
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