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  • 31horse — See: BET ON THE WRONG HORSE, CART BEFORE THE HORSE, CHANGE HORSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM or CHANGE HORSES IN MIDSTREAM, EAT LIKE A HORSE, HOLD ONE S HORSES. IRON HORSE, LOCK THE BARN DOOR AFTER THE HORSE IS STOLEN, LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 32horse — See: bet on the wrong horse, cart before the horse, change horses in the middle of a stream or change horses in midstream, eat like a horse, hold one s horses, iron horse, lock the barn door after the horse is stolen, look a gift horse in the… …

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  • 33bet one’s bottom dollar — tv. to be very certain of something; to bet in complete certainty of winning. (Need not refer to an actual bet.) □ I bet my bottom dollar you never ever went to Alaska! □ He bet his bottom dollar on that horse, and it died at the gate …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 34bet on the wrong horse — misjudge a coming event, misread the future I think that he bet on the wrong horse by putting all of his money into that new stock …

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  • 35horse parlor — noun : a place where betting on horses is carried on * * * a gambling room where people can bet on horse races with a bookmaker. * * * horse parlor, Slang. a bookmaker s establishment for making bets on horse races …

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  • 36put money on a horse — bet on a horse, wager money on a horse race …

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  • 37horse parlor — a gambling room where people can bet on horse races with a bookmaker. * * * …

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  • 38place bet — noun a bet that a horse will finish a race no worse than second • Hypernyms: ↑bet, ↑wager * * * noun 1. : a bet on a horse to finish no worse than second in a race 2. : a bet that the shooter in a crap game will make his point or that a… …

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  • 39To bet on the field — Field Field (f[=e]ld), n. [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G. feld, Sw. f[ a]lt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS. folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.] 1. Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; …

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  • 40Rooster Booster (horse) — Rooster Booster (born 1994) was a grey British based thoroughbred racehorse, trained by Philip Hobbs and owned by Terry Warner. He won the 2003 Champion Hurdle and was runner up in 2004. The horse died on the gallops in December 2005 while… …

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