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7 Ιουλ 2017 · Learn about the an word family. Word families are groups of words that have a common pattern. Word families, sometimes called phonograms or chunks, can help...
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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.
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 word “doughnut” is American in origin and traces its roots to the early 19th century. It is presumed to have been a combination of the words dough and nut. It first appeared in print in Washington Irving’s 1809 Knickerbocker’s History of New York
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.
