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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по-барабану

[по-барабану] {adv. phr.} {informal} {colloquial} {slang} {used by youth} [po-bara`banu] Not caring abt. smt. * […]

in order to

[in order to] or [so as to] {conj.} For the purpose of; to. - Used with an infinitive. * /In order to follow the buffalo, […]

nervous prostration

[nervous prostration] {n.} An illness of the mind that makes you feel very tired, worried, and bored, and that often causes […]

Yiddish curse

Leeches should drink him dry.