back the wrong horse

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7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: vsadit na špatného koně — to support something or someone that later turns out to be unsuccessful
• Finnish: veikata väärää hevosta — to support something or someone that later turns out to be unsuccessful
• French: miser sur le mauvais cheval — to support something or someone that later turns out to be unsuccessful
• Hungarian: rossz lóra tesz — to support something or someone that later turns out to be unsuccessful
• Polish: stawiać na złego konia — to support something or someone that later turns out to be unsuccessful
• Polish: postawić na złego konia — to support something or someone that later turns out to be unsuccessful
• Portuguese: apostar no cavalo errado — to support something or someone that later turns out to be unsuccessful