shoo-in

[shoo away] {v. phr.} To frighten or chase away. * /When the children gathered around the new sports car, we shooed them away./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

bet on the wrong horse

[bet on the wrong horse] {v. phr.}, {informal} To base your plans on a wrong guess about the result of something; misread the future; misjudge a coming event. * /To […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

put one's money on a scratched horse

[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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

dark horse

[dark horse] {n.}, {informal} A political candidate little known to the general voting public; a candidate who was not expected to run. * /Every once in a while a dark […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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To be loved is a strength. To love is a weakness.

водить за нос

[водить за нос] {v. phr.} {informal} {literally} to pull by someone's nose. 1. To assify, fool, hoax; Make fool of […]

pause

[pause] See: [GIVE PAUSE].

poor as a church mouse

[poor as a church mouse] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Penniless; broke; extremely poor. * /The newly arrived boat people were […]