London to a brick

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Extremely likely, virtually certain. Australia,not-comparable
    — It's London to a brick that if someone says that his world-view is demonstrably more theoretically virtuous than competing world-views, then the demonstration in question makes no serious attempt to assess the theoretical virtues of competing worldviews. And it's not far short of London to a brick that he doesn't even get as far as setting up straw man competitors to the touted worldview.

词源

Short for London to a brick on, expressing notional odds where the entire city of London is bet against a worthless object. Compare a pound to a penny.
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