bet a dollar to a doughnut
Meaning
Verb
- To declare with confidence.
Related
Similar words
- 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
Origin
- 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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