Lexical Leavings
by Tom Gally
Another ghost proverb:Losers are always in the wrong. 《諺》 ｢勝てば官軍負ければ賊軍｣. (新英和中辞典)Almost all the Google hits for "Losers are always in the wrong" come from Japanese lists of English proverbs.
Losers are always in the wrong. 《諺》敗者は常に悪者（にされる）（「勝てば官軍」を裏から言ったもの）（新グローバル英和辞典）
Losers are always in the wrong.《ことわざ》（勝てば官軍）負ければ賊軍.（プログレッシブ英和中辞典）
(July 16, 2003)