rossz lóra tesz

Hungarian

verb
Definitions
  • (idiomatic) to back the wrong horse, pick the wrong horse to wrongly expect the victory or success of something or someone

Etymology

Affix from Hungarian rossz (bad, wrong, evil, bad time, harm, disapproving) + Hungarian ló (horse)+ Hungarian tesz (put, do, make, turn into).

Origin

Hungarian

tesz

Gloss

put, do, make, turn into

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Motion

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