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单词 ten to one
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ten to one
P2. ten to one: ten chances to one; odds of ten times the amount offered in a bet; hence, an expression of very strong probability.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [noun] > strong probability
ten to one1589
a hundred to one1647
1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Hay any Worke for Cooper 30 Ten to one [I haue bin] among some of these puritans.
1650 W. Brough Sacred Princ. 421 Is it not ten to one ods, if ever thou be called?
1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. vi. ix. 330 Ten to one but that happens to be the very thing I want.
1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat 248 Bet us ten to one we didn't.
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