practical certainty/disaster/sell-out etc
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpractical certainty/disaster/sell-out etcpractical certainty/disaster/sell-out etcALMOSTsomething that is almost certain, almost a disaster etc Sampras looks a practical certainty to win Wimbledon this year. → practicalExamples from the Corpuspractical certainty/disaster/sell-out etc• It was a practical certainty that he would be trying to raise more loans long before these were ever repaid.