| 词汇 | back the wrong horse |
| 词源 | back the wrong horse. When we support the wrong person, party or thing, or bet on the loser in any situation, we back the wrong horse. The term is an Americanism taken from the race- track, and is still widely used although it is a century or more old. |
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