| 单词 | safe bet |
| 释义 | > as lemmassafe bet safe bet n. a near certainty; an option or course of action involving little or no risk. ΚΠ 1808 Sketches of Character III. i. 28 ‘An Earl against a Viscount is a safe bet any day,’ returned Major Lethbridge. 1846 Albion (N.Y.) 30 May 259/1 It would be a safe bet at any hour of the day between ten and five o'clock, that you would in walking the streets see one or more females standing thus at the windows of more than half the houses. 1959 Sunday Times 20 Dec. 21/1 It is a safe bet that Festivallers can now count on hearing some recent works of Britten. 1971 P. G. Wodehouse Much Obliged, Jeeves vii. 69 I go in mostly for who-dun-its and novels of suspense. For the who-dun-it Agatha Christie is always a safe bet. 2003 J. Gelfer Little Bk. Student Bollocks 6 Appearing slightly mysterious and remote in the face of social try-hards will always be a safe bet. < as lemmas |
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