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:
- have one's back to the wall
- back up (someone or something)
- back to the drawing board
- horse of a different color
- get (someone's) back up
- straight from the horse's mouth
- back out (of something)
- turn one's back on (someone or something)
- lock the barn door after the horse is gone
- off one's back
- horse around
- You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
- pat on the back
- scratch (someone's) back
- back and forth