safe bet

1. Something that is certain to occur. Based on his grades, it's a pretty safe bet that Harry won't be able to graduate on time.

2. A person or thing that is certain to be good or successful. The department felt that she was a safe bet for the account manager position.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rafa'el	-	Biblical Hebrew
Jianhong	-	Chinese
Elias	[i'laiəs]
Sergej	syer-GYAY (Russian), seer-GYAY (Russian)	Russian, Bulgarian
Dunja	DOO-nyah (Serbian, Croatian)	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Willie	['wili]