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14 Ιουλ 2018 · What is the origin of the phrase "dollars to doughnuts", and what is the phrase trying to convey when most commonly used? Grammarist says: Dollars to doughnuts means something that is certain.
‘Dollars to doughnuts’ is a pseudo betting term, pseudo in that it didn’t originate with actual betting involving doughnuts, but just as a pleasant-sounding alliterative phrase which indicated short odds – dollars are valuable but doughnuts aren’t.
15 Μαΐ 2024 · The phrase (I’ll bet) dollars to doughnuts is an Americanism dating to the late nineteenth century, referring to the stakes of an imagined wager on a sure thing.
The phrase “dollars to donuts” means certainty or having an assurance about the possibility of something happening. Origin of “Dollars To Donuts” The phrase “dollars to donuts” is stated to have appeared first as “dollar to buttons” and even with cobwebs in Boss Book of G. W. Peck way back in 1884.
29 Νοε 2019 · Why exactly do we consider word art cheesy, and how did we get here? And what’s so bad about a sign declaring you’re standing in a “Cucina Italiana” or a cheeky “Be Our Guest” sign in a spare bedroom anyway? The world is filled with cute sayings, but that doesn't mean they need to be art.
29 Ιουν 2024 · The idiom “dollars to doughnuts” means that something is very likely to happen. It’s a way of saying you’re so sure of an outcome that you would bet money against something much less valuable, like doughnuts.
22 Ιουν 2015 · The alternate spelling “donut” is said to trace its roots to 1870 and “Josh Billings,” although after doing a review of the 1870-1879 edition of Josh Billings’ Old Farmer’s Almanac, it appears to only reference doughnuts (and, incidentally refers to them as “greasy,” but in a good way).
