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million
noun
a certainty, a safe bet UK
Probably from gambling odds of 1,000,000–1. Examples: (of a plan) “It’s a million”; (for promotion) “You’re a million”.- — G.F. Newman, Sir, You Bastard, 1970
▶ gone a million
utterly undone; defeated; unable to recover AUSTRALIA, 1913- If they drop their bundles they’re gone a million. — Gavin Casey, It’s Harder for Girls, p. 164, 1941
- During the conversation Hawke, in conveying the common belief of the officers that Whitlam would not survive as Leader, remarked, “Gough’s gone a million”. — Blanche d’Alpuget, Robert J. Hawke, p. 297, 1982
▶ look a million; look like a million bucks
to look exquisitely stunning AUSTRALIA- She looked a million with her red hair tied back in a long ponytail with a lime green chiffon scarf. — Robert Campbell, Alice in La-La Land, p. 59, 1987
- When he went out dancing he reckoned he felt and looked a million, and he really meant business. — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 11, 1988
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