bet a dollar to a doughnut

短语

发音

US

词形变化

bets a dollar to a doughnut 三单 betting a dollar to a doughnut 现在分词

别名

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

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To declare with confidence.

    比喻 幽默

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.

来源：wiktionary