bet a dollar to a doughnut

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To declare with confidence. figuratively,humorous,mildly
    — I bet a dollar to a doughnut that fellow Lopez sold us out.

词形变化

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词源

Possibly adapted from "bet dollars to buttons" and "bet dollars to dumplings" that appeared in the 1880s, meaning "to feel almost certain" because the dollars are bet against something nearly worthless and perhaps shaped like a zero.
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