The company has been losing money, and many investors are beginning to feel that they may have backed the wrong horse.那家公司一直赔钱，许多投资者开始觉得自己可能押错宝了。In all his years as a book publisher, he rarely backed the wrong horse.做了多年的出版商，他很少有看走眼的时候。David thought those stocks were sure to rise, but it looks as if he's backed the wrong horse.戴维以为那些股票肯定会涨，现在看来他是看走了眼。