СЛУЧАЙНАЯ ФРАЗА. BACK THE WRONG HORSE 4️⃣1️⃣ 🐴 Сделать неправильный выбор; поставить не на ту лошадь {идиома}. > To support a person or an effort that ultimately proves to be unsuccessful, problematic, troublesome, or incorrect. A reference to betting on horse races. 〰️ You really backed the wrong horse when you picked that swimmer to win the race — he didn't even get a medal! 〰️ Politicians who backed the wrong horse in the election are now trying to curry favor with the winning candidate — without much success...

Have you ever seen a horse? The question may sound silly in 2020 but it was a complete nonsense in 1820. World horse population is estimated at 58 million. Ten countries in the world have a horse population of more than a million...