be a dead cert

slang To be likely to do a certain thing or to succeed in a particular area. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Sally is the most qualified candidate by far, so she's a dead cert for the promotion.

be a dead cert

(British & Australian informal)

to be certain to happen or to be certain to achieve something (often + for ) He's a dead cert for an Oscar nomination.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
BernÁT	-	Hungarian
Milodrag	-	Medieval Slavic (Hypothetical)
Zsiga	-	Hungarian
Melchol	-	Biblical Greek
Naseem	nah-SEEM (Arabic)	Arabic, Urdu
Patricio	pah-TREE-thyo (Spanish), pah-TREE-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish