American Idioms and Expressions

Bet Your Bottom Dollar Idiom

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Bet your bottom dollar
What does Bet your bottom dollar mean?
If you can bet your bottom dollar on something, you can be absolutely sure about it.

Some Random Idioms
take (someone or something) in hand
What does "take (someone or something) in hand" mean?
to try to take control of a situation and improve it or deal with itOur teacher quickly took the situation in hand when the class became too noisy.
on horseback
What does "on horseback" mean?
on the back of a horse We rode to the river on horseback.

million dollar question
What does "million dollar question" mean?
an important but difficult questionThe million dollar question is whether we should buy a new computer or not.
First port of call
What does "First port of call" mean?
The first place you stop to do something is your first port of call.
die down
What does "die down" mean?
to come slowly to an end, to grow weakerWhen the sound of the music died down we were able to go to sleep.
grab a bite (to eat)
What does "grab a bite (to eat)" mean?
to get something to eatWe stopped at a small restaurant to grab a bite to eat.
kooky
What does "kooky" mean?
eccentric, peculiar, strange
string (someone) along
What does "string (someone) along" mean?
to deceive or fool someoneThe man tried to string me along with the story about his sick mother.
in tow
What does "in tow" mean?
being taken from place to place, going along with someoneShe spent the morning at the shopping center with her child in tow.
from the word go
What does "from the word go" mean?
from the beginning From the word go, we knew that there would be problems with the new contract.

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