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词组 bet
释义 bet
verb
bet a pound to a piece of shit
used as a statement of absolute certainty UK, 1937
Usually construed positively as “I will” or “would bet”; occasional and earlier use may be negative.▶ bet like the Watsons
to bet heavily on horses AUSTRALIA
After legendary Australian gamblers.
  • — Lawson Glossop, Lucky Palmer, 1949
bet London to a brick
used as a statement of absolute certainty AUSTRALIA, 1945
bet on a horse
to be addicted to heroin or morphine US
  • — Jay Robert Nash, Dictionary of Crime, p. 26, 1992
bet on the blue
to gamble on credit AUSTRALIA
  • — Lawson Glossop, Lucky Palmer, 1949
bet on the coat
to place a dummy bet with a bookmaker to encourage genuine interest in a bet AUSTRALIA
  • — Lawson Glossop, Lucky Palmer, 1949
bet the dog
in bar dice games, to bet the total amount of the pot US
  • — Jester Smith, Games They Play in San Francisco, p. 103, 1971
bet the ranch; bet the farm
to be absolutely certain about something US
  • “I’m not a betting man, but if I was, I would bet the fuckin’ ranch you don’t know where the complaints are.” — George V. Higgins, The Rat on Fire, p. 124, 1981
  • But if I had a place be make a wager, I’d bet the farm on Erin’s Boy in the seventh. — Robert Campbell, Juice, 1988
bet until your nose bleeds
in horse racing, to bet all of your resources on a sure thing AUSTRALIA
  • — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 6, 1989
bet your ass
used as a statement of absolute certainty US, 1928
bet your boots
used as a statement of absolute certainty US, 1856
bet your bottom dollar
used as a statement of absolute certainty US, 1935
bet your hat
used as a statement of absolute certainty US, 1879
bet your life
used as a statement of absolute certainty US, 1852
want to bet on it?
a catchphrase used, with bet emphasised, as a challenging expression of doubt UK
  • He was good, but not that damned good, I told him. “Does the sahib ever value his house, his cattle and his wife?” which is the Pathan way of saying, “You want to bet on it?” — Berkeley Mather, The Terminators, 1971
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