Tag: sure thing
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Game of Chance
WotD: Game of Chance There is very little in life that you can call a sure thing. With this truth in mind, I suppose we could say life itself is a game of chance. Every decision we make or action we take is a gamble, hoping things will work out the way we think they…
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Add insult to injury
Expression: Add insult to injury I was having difficulty coming up with an example to explain the phrase add insult to injury, but Japan gave me a perfect example. What should have been a happy day turned out to be quite the opposite. The Japanese national soccer team, Samurai Blue, could only add insult to injury by playing…
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Safe Bet
Word of the Day: Safe Bet I love a safe bet because they are sure to happen! You can rely on safe bets because they are guaranteed winners. Let’s think about the sun for a minute. The sun has been rising every day for millions of years. The sun rose today. And you know what? It…
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Sure thing
Word of the Day: Sure thing If something is a sure thing, then it is guaranteed to be successful. You must be careful when you hear someone tell you something is guaranteed to happen. There are no guarantees in life. Have you ever heard of Murphy’s Law? Murphy’s Law states that anything that can go…
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Dollars to donuts
English Expression: Dollars to donuts Now, this great idiom is used in English when a person wants to express that they are sure that something will happen. We are willing to bet something of little value against something of higher value because we are confident we will win. For example, I bet you dollars to…
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Moneybags
WotD: Moneybags In past posts, I mentioned some idioms that were about money. If you enjoyed them, I have five days’ worth for you this week. As everybody knows, money is hard to get but very easy to spend. You work all month for your paycheck. Once you get it, you pay the mortgage or…
