- on\ a\ scratched\ horse
- See: put one's money on a scratched horse
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
on\ a\ scratched\ horse
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on a scratched horse — See: PUT ONE S MONEY ON A SCRATCHED HORSE … Dictionary of American idioms
on a scratched horse — See: PUT ONE S MONEY ON A SCRATCHED HORSE … Dictionary of American idioms
put one's money on a scratched horse — {v. phr.}, {informal} To bet on a certain failure; to gamble without a chance of winning. * /You bet on the New York Mets to win the World Series? Why put your money on a scratched horse?/ Compare: STACK THE CARDS … Dictionary of American idioms
put one's money on a scratched horse — {v. phr.}, {informal} To bet on a certain failure; to gamble without a chance of winning. * /You bet on the New York Mets to win the World Series? Why put your money on a scratched horse?/ Compare: STACK THE CARDS … Dictionary of American idioms
put\ one's\ money\ on\ a\ scratched\ horse — v. phr. informal To bet on a certain failure; to gamble without a chance of winning. You bet on the New York Mets to win the World Series? Why put your money on a scratched horse? Compare: stack the cards … Словарь американских идиом
horse — See: BET ON THE WRONG HORSE, CART BEFORE THE HORSE, CHANGE HORSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM or CHANGE HORSES IN MIDSTREAM, EAT LIKE A HORSE, HOLD ONE S HORSES. IRON HORSE, LOCK THE BARN DOOR AFTER THE HORSE IS STOLEN, LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE… … Dictionary of American idioms
horse — See: BET ON THE WRONG HORSE, CART BEFORE THE HORSE, CHANGE HORSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM or CHANGE HORSES IN MIDSTREAM, EAT LIKE A HORSE, HOLD ONE S HORSES. IRON HORSE, LOCK THE BARN DOOR AFTER THE HORSE IS STOLEN, LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE… … Dictionary of American idioms
horse — See: bet on the wrong horse, cart before the horse, change horses in the middle of a stream or change horses in midstream, eat like a horse, hold one s horses, iron horse, lock the barn door after the horse is stolen, look a gift horse in the… … Словарь американских идиом
Scratched — Scratch Scratch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scratched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scratching}.] [OE. cracchen (perhaps influenced by OE. scratten to scratch); cf. OHG. chrazz[=o]n, G. kratzen, OD. kratsen, kretsen, D. krassen, Sw. kratsa to scrape, kratta to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Omar Khayyam (horse) — Omar Khayyam Sire Marco Grandsire Barcaldine Dam Lisma … Wikipedia
