back the wrong horse
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Пример использования идиомы back the wrong horse:
In voting for Senator Plush, voters in 1992 were backing the wrong horse.
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Другие идиомы:
- you can lead a horse to water (but you can't make it drink)
- horse of a different color
- behind one's back
- horse around
- put one's back into (something)
- hold one's horses
- back in circulation
- back to basics
- get on one's high horse
- back down
- back on one's feet
- back to square one
- eat like a horse
- back-to-back
- turn one's back on (someone or something)