To give someone a steer means to manoeuvre a person into a particular course of action. Something that is bum is no good (Eg: to give someone bum advice). So a bum steer is to be sent off in the wrong direction.
An idiom is a saying or expression. There are many idioms that mean to stay away from, or avoid, someone. An example of such an idiom would be, "to steer clear of" someone.
Palestinian and Persian
It is just an idiom and has no history.
food
Meaning he will help you out.
A Bum Steer - 1957 was released on: USA: March 1957
The cast of A Bum Steer - 1957 includes: Allen Swift
A Bum Steer - 1916 was released on: USA: 12 January 1916
A Bum Steer - 1928 was released on: USA: 21 April 1928
Eye for an Eye - 2003 The Bum Steer - 2.21 was released on: USA: 2005
She had a bum steer
Eye for an Eye - 2003 The Bum Steer 2-21 was released on: USA: 2005
An idiom is a saying or expression. There are many idioms that mean to stay away from, or avoid, someone. An example of such an idiom would be, "to steer clear of" someone.
I think you mean BUM steer. Which means someone gave you the wrong advice to take you down the wrong pathway or gave you the wrong directions. Bum steers can be intentional or unintentional.
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To be exposed
Origin "up a storm"