Idioms for horse
Origin of horse
before 900; (noun) Middle English, Old English
hors; cognate with Old Norse
hross, Dutch
ros, German
Ross (Middle High German
ros, Old High German
hros); (v.) Middle English
horsen to provide with horses, Old English
horsian, derivative of the noun
OTHER WORDS FROM horse
horse·less, adjective horse·like, adjective un·der·horse, verb (used with object), un·der·horsed, un·der·hors·ing.WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH horse
hoarse horseWords nearby horse
British Dictionary definitions for back the wrong horse
horse
/ (hɔːs) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of horse
horseless, adjective horselike, adjectiveWord Origin for horse
Old English
hors; related to Old Frisian
hors, Old High German
hros, Old Norse
hross
Idioms and Phrases with back the wrong horse (1 of 2)
back the wrong horse
Also, bet on the wrong horse. Guess wrongly or misjudge a future outcome, as in Jones garnered only a few hundred votes; we obviously backed the wrong horse, or Counting on the price of IBM to rise sharply was betting on the wrong horse. Transferred from wagering money on a horse that fails to win the race, a usage dating from the late 1600s, this term is widely applied to elections and other situations of uncertain outcome.
Idioms and Phrases with back the wrong horse (2 of 2)
horse