He can afford to lay off every bet by backing the other side.

"Well, they are about to learn that they've backed the wrong side," said Caesar, nettled.

Apparently the army is backing the other side in this conflict.

Charles further endangered his high position when he backed the losing side in the Hundred Years' War.

Having backed the wrong side in the gulf war, it is in a very weak position to make demands.

He might have backed the wrong side in an international matter.

He only came to me, as he should, because Edgington backed the other side.

They point out that they gain very little if they back the wrong side in this war.

"The foundation spent more than half a million dollars backing the nongenius side of this bet," I told Simon.

But the elders remembered, and treated him as they would anyone who backed the wrong side.