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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головная боль

[головная боль] {n. phr.} [golov`naya bol'] - sth. that needs to be done and is bothering your mind; - the […]

pass through one's mind

[pass through one's mind] See: [CROSS ONE'S MIND].

Ogden Nash

(1902-1971) U.S. poet A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the […]

common as an old shoe

[common as an old shoe] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Not showing off; not vain; modest; friendly to all. * /Although Mr. Jones […]