doughnut

bet someone dollars to doughnuts

Fig. to bet something of value against something worth considerably less. I bet you dollars to doughnuts that she is on time. He bet me dollars to doughnuts that it would snow today.

dollars to donuts/doughnuts

(American informal)

if you say that something will happen, dollars to donuts, you mean you are sure it will happen Dollars to donuts the company is going to fold. I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts she won't come to the party.

dollars to doughnuts, it's

It's a virtual certainty, as in It's dollars to doughnuts that the team will make the playoffs. This metaphoric term pits dollars against doughnuts as in a bet. [Colloquial; late 1800s]

bet someone dollars to doughnuts

tv. to bet something of value against something worth considerably less. I bet you dollars to doughnuts that she is on time.

blow one’s doughnuts

and lose one’s doughnuts (...ˈdonəts)

tv. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. The stuff was so vile, I thought I would blow my doughnuts. I felt better after I lost my doughnuts.

lose one’s doughnuts

verb

See blow one’s doughnuts

dollars to doughnuts

Stakes for a bet on a certain outcome. In the days when a dollar was worth more than it is now and a doughnut cost considerably less, someone who was reasonably sure that an event would happen might preface his comment with “Dollars to doughnuts . . .” as in “Dollars to doughnuts, it'll rain before nightfall.”

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Dewydd	-	Welsh (Archaic)
Chingis	-	Mongolian
Hoshea	-	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Jacinto	hah-THEEN-to (Spanish), hah-SEEN-to (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
GÜVenÇ	-	Turkish
Aku	AH-koo	Finnish