bet on the wrong horse
 

* 1.place ones hopes and expectations in the wrong place. base one's plans on a wrong guess about the results of something He is betting on the wrong horse if he continues to support the other candidate for mayor

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* a babe in the woods

* a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

* a blot on the landscape

* a bolt from the blue

* a brand from the burning

* a buck of the first head

* a bun in the oven

* a cast of the eye

* a chip of the old block

* a chip off the old block

* a dark horse

* a dog in the manger