bet one's bottom dollar, one can
bet one's bottom dollar, one can
One may be very certain of something. Bottom here means last, or the bottom of a pile of gambling chips. An American colloquialism of the mid-nineteenth century, the phrase became a cliché in the mid-twentieth century.
See also: bet, bottom, can, one
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- from the bottom of (one's) heart
- from the bottom of heart
- from the bottom of my heart
- from the bottom of one's heart
- from the bottom of your heart
- lie at the bottom of (something)
- be at the bottom of (something)
- be at the bottom of something
- you can bet your bottom dollar (on something)
- at bottom