a pound to a penny
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English
[edit]Adverb
[edit]a pound to a penny (not comparable)
- (UK, idiomatic) Very likely; almost certainly.
- c. 1872, Holme Lee (pseudonym of Harriet Parr), “Too Prudent by Half; or, Proud Nelly Kingsland”, in Country Stories, Old and New. In Prose and Verse[1], volume 1, Smith, Elder & Co., published 1872, page 265:
- "I'll lay you a pound to a penny that proud Miss Nelly marries John Ormandy in the end."
Usage notes
[edit]The initial "a" is often elided.