miser sur le mauvais cheval
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miser sur le mauvais cheval
- \mi.ze syʁ lə mɔ.vɛ ʃə.val\
Where it comes from
De miser et cheval.
verb
- Faire un mauvais choix. Ainsi j’avais, par goût profond de l’ordre, misé sur le mauvais cheval, joué la mauvaise carte.
In English
- bark up the wrong tree bark up the wrong tree
- back the wrong horse to support something or someone that later turns out to be unsuccessful
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title = {miser sur le mauvais cheval},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/miser%20sur%20le%20mauvais%20cheval},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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