dollars to donuts

English

Etymology

See bet a dollar to a doughnut.

Pronunciation

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Phrase

dollars to donuts

  1. (US, informal, figurative) I can tell you (used to assert the speakers confidence in the veracity of the statement).
    • 1962, Chain Store Age‎[1], volume 38, Chain Store Publishing Corporation, →OCLC, part 2:
      Dollars to donuts you'll like the price, too . . . only $132.50
    • 1988, Eva Shaw, Your Astrological Guide to Fitness‎[2], Mills & Sanderson, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC:
      Dollars to donuts, your spouse or lover will take the cue, and begin the day this way too.

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