(as) sure as a gun



(as) sure as a gun

obsolete With utmost certainty; quite definitely. (That is, as sure as a gun is to fire when its trigger is pressed. This idiom has largely been replaced with the phrase "sure as shooting.") Lord Henry, sure as a gun it was those two miscreants who have made off with your prized heifer. Come into a great fortune and, as sure as a gun, the number of those who would be your friend increases tenfold.
See also: gun, sure

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Alessandroahl-e-SAHN-droItalian
Muhammet-Turkish
Beatricebe-ah-TREE-che (Italian), BEE-ə-tris (English), BEE-tris (English), BE-ah-trees (Swedish), be-ah-TREES (Swedish)Italian, English, Swedish
AfËRditaah-fər-DEET-ahAlbanian
Daiva-Lithuanian
Maurinemaw-REEN, MAWR-eenEnglish, Irish