bet someone dollars to doughnuts

bet someone dollars to doughnuts
tv. to et 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.

Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.

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  • Dollars to donuts — is a faux bet in which one person agrees to put up the same amount of dollars to another person s donuts in a bet (where a donut is considered to be worth much less than a dollar). Betting someone dollars to donuts is a rhetorical device that… …   Wikipedia

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