Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
I had two horses come in
English answer:
I won bets on two horses
English term
I had two horses come in
I was under some serious pressure. And the drinking, well, it was... it was on an upward trajectory. I was invited to the races in Deauville in France on a bit of a corporate. ***I had two horses come in*** and we were poured back onto the plane from Paris. I needed to go to the toilet, like badly, and the seatbelt light wasn't going off and the stewardess is all like, ...
Thank you.
| 4 +16 | two horses I had backed won their races |
Charles Davis
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| 5 -4 | Two people ridding |
Vanessa Brandao
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two horses I had backed won their races
By "backed" I mean "bet on". Two horses on which he had bet money at the races (Deauville is a racecourse for horses in France) won, and so he made money from the bets.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2014-10-22 17:54:17 GMT)
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By the way, klp, in case you're confused by this talk of "each-way" bets, the thing is that you can bet on a horse to win the race, and you get nothing if it comes second, or you can bet each-way, which means a win bet and a place bet, so you get something even if the horse only comes second or third, but only a fraction of the payout for a win.
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Two people ridding
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Terry Richards
: Sorry but no, not in this context. (BTW, it's riding with one 'd')
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Tony M
: This is clearly not applicable in the specific context of a hore-racing event given here.
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writeaway
: riddng? The meaning in English is perfectly clear and this answer rides off in the wrong direction.
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AllegroTrans
: Doesn't make any sense here...
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