back the wrong horse idiom
下错了赌注；看错人；作了错误的决策
to make the wrong decision and support a person or action that is later unsuccessful
In all his years as a book publisher, he rarely backed the wrong horse. 做了多年的出版商，他很少有看走眼的时候。
| 词汇 | back the wrong horse |
| 类别 | 英译汉、英汉双解翻译词典 |
| 释义 | back the wrong horse idiom 下错了赌注；看错人；作了错误的决策 to make the wrong decision and support a person or action that is later unsuccessful In all his years as a book publisher, he rarely backed the wrong horse. 做了多年的出版商，他很少有看走眼的时候。 |
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