back the wrong horse
делать ставку не на того (человека)
In voting for Senator Plush, voters in 1992 were backing the wrong horse.
Другие идиомы:
- on (someone's) back
- scratch (someone's) back
- give (someone) the shirt off one's back
- get off one's high horse
- You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
- work like a horse
- behind (someone's) back
- get on one's high horse
- back-to-back
- bet on the wrong horse
- stab (someone) in the back
- get off (someone's) back
- back in circulation
- pat on the back
- back down (from someone or something)