A bum steer may lead a person to a wrong decision.

不好的指点，也许给人错误的决定。

Whoever recommended this software gave you a bum steer, I'm afraid.

恐怕不管是谁推荐的这个软件给你的指点都是错误的。

It turned out to be a bum steer, just a rumor spread by one of our competitions to make trouble for us.

这个消息结果是假的，是我们竞争对象之一为了给我们制造麻烦而散布的谣言。

She moved all the way form San Francisco to New York believing that Frank would marry her as he promise was a pure bum steer, Mary found he's already married and has two kids.

她老远的从旧金山搬到纽约来，相信弗兰克会跟她结婚，就像他保证的那样。可是，他的保证全是假的。玛丽发现他是结了婚的，还有两个孩子。