back the wrong horse

Meaning

1. to support sb / sth that is not successful

In the movies · 1

• You backed the wrong horse.The Insider1999

From the same entry

• at the back of your mind
• the back of beyond
• back to back
• back to front
• be glad, to see the back of
• behind back
• be on back
• break the back of
• get back up
• get off back
• have back
• have your back to the wall