Home • B • Bet on the wrong horse

Bet on the wrong horse

To misjudge a coming event, to misread the future.

I think that my uncle bet on the wrong horse by investing all of his money in the new stock.

Related Idioms

Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse

Zeal is defined in The concise Oxford Dictionary as ‘earnestness or fervour in advancing a... Read more →

All lay loads on willing horse

In the days when horses were much used for carrying burdens no their backs, the animals that gave the... Read more →