"dollars to donuts" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dollars to donuts.wav
Etymology: See bet a dollar to a doughnut. Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} dollars to donuts
  1. (US, informal, figurative) I can tell you (used to assert the speakers confidence in the veracity of the statement). Tags: US, figuratively, informal Related terms: bet a dollar to a doughnut
    Sense id: en-dollars_to_donuts-en-phrase-9JgKkbEz Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1962, Chain Store Age, volume 38, Chain Store Publishing Corporation, →OCLC, part 2:",
          "text": "Dollars to donuts you'll like the price, too . . . only $132.50",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988, Eva Shaw, Your Astrological Guide to Fitness, Mills & Sanderson, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Dollars to donuts, your spouse or lover will take the cue, and begin the day this way too.",
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