a bum steer

(American & Australian informal)

information that is not correct or not helpful The bus driver gave us a bum steer and we ended up miles from where we wanted to go. Her suggestion to eat at that little Italian restaurant was a bum steer. (= a bad suggestion)

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Eindride	-	Norwegian
Keziah	kə-ZIE-ə (English)	Biblical
Rodolfito	-	Spanish
Argi	-	Basque
Manuele	mah-NWE-le	Italian
Oscar	AHS-kər (English)	English, Irish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, French, Irish My