back the wrong horse （挺错了马）
back the wrong horseIf you back the wrong horse, you give your support to the losing side in something.
如果你力挺一批错误的马，你把你的支持给了失利的一方。
上面整个短语的意思就是下错了赌注。在提及赌马的时候尤为形象，因为这个词从17世纪晚期就开始用在赌马这个项目上了。但现在又很多延伸用法，比如用在选举、投资等不回报不确定的事情上。back是“后背”的意思，这里是动词，给你撑一撑腰，然你腰杆子直一点，就是我们经常说的：我挺你 (I’ll back you up).
Jones garnered only a few hundred votes; we obviously backed the wrong horse. (Jones仅仅收获了几百张选票，我们显然下错了注)
It was only after 白木鬼 had invested all the money that he discovered he'd been backing the wrong horse. (白木鬼刚把全部家当都投上去，就发现自己选错了股，下错了注) So, we should take a full consideration before we make the decision Look/Think before you leap. 三思而后行！
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