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bet a dollar to a doughnut

別の表記

• bet a dollar to a donut
• wager a dollar to a doughnut
• bet dollars to doughnuts

動詞

bet a dollar to a doughnut (三人称単数 現在形 bets a dollar to a doughnut, 現在分詞 betting a dollar to a doughnut, 過去形および過去分詞形 **bet a dollar to a doughnut)

1. (figuratively, mildly humorous) To declare with confidence.
   • 1988 April 25, John F. Burns, "Canada Losing Patience With U.S. on Acid Rain," New York Times (retrieved 25 April 2015):
     [S]aying that environmental concerns are a major factor . . . Mr. Mulroney said "you can bet a dollar to a doughnut" that acid rain would feature in the campaign.
   • 2010 Sep. 13, Red Shannon, "The Greatest Athlete Who Never Was," Bleacher Report (retrieved 25 April 2015):
     I'll bet a dollar to a doughnut Usain Bolt is not the fastest human on the planet.

使用する際の注意点

• Becoming dated in places where the price of a doughnut now approaches or exceeds one dollar.

同意語

• a pound to a penny
• bet a dollar to a dime
• bet one's boots
• bet one's bottom dollar
• bet the farm
• take to the bank

参照

1. ^ Listening to America, Stuart Berg Flexner (Simon & Schuster, New York, 1982).

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