Meaning of bet a dollar to a doughnut | Babel Free

Definitions

To declare with confidence.

figuratively, humorous, mildly

Examples

“I bet a dollar to a doughnut that fellow Lopez sold us out.”

“There's places where a dago-dazzler doesn't cut much ice, but it was dollars to doughnuts that the Sultan'd have a kindly feeling for it when I had Mungo explain that it was from the President of the U. S. A., telling him to treat his Uncle Phineas good and white, and he'd do the same by him some day.”

“‘Even if Kong follows, he has to travel overland, and it’s dollars to doughnuts we beat him.’”

“[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.”

“I'll bet a dollar to a doughnut Usain Bolt is not the fastest human on the planet.”

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