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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BET ONE'S BOOTS»
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1
The Chambers Dictionary
... paint, etc, for the purpose: boot-tree see bootlast: boot virus (comput) a
computer virus in the sector of a floppy disk used in booting up. bet one's boots to
be quite certain; boot and saddle (altered from Fr boute-selle place saddle) the
signal ...
lWIKs^) 1*^. the boot is on the other foot/ leg ^ Jflo Sf to bet one's boots ii BET to
boot out (fi) SHrWff to die with one's boots on M. DIE1 * to give someone/ get the (
order of the) boot ffiftffl ; ffifm|i& (Roger got the boot yesterday! ft 0 ; SSf&ii M ff 7 ...
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
Watson's Choice. 1955. London: Michael Joseph, 1985. To bet one's boots on
something (APP 38; MP 67) 1889 "I'd hev up with my slate and swotted him over
the snoot— bet your boots!" (p. 8) Harte, Bret. Cressy; The Twins of Table
Mountain ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
[Slang, 1980s] See also DEAD MEAT. bet one's ass Also, bet one's boots or
bottom dollar or life. 0 See YOU BET YOUR Ass. bet on the wrong horse 0 See
BACK THE WRONG HORSE. better 0 In addition to the idioms beginning With
BETTER ...
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Concise English Dictionary
bet one's boots to be quite certain; die in one's boots to die a sudden death, not in
bed; get the boot {slang) to be dismissed; have one's heart in one's boots to have
lost courage: lick someone's boots to try to ingratiate oneself with someone by ...
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Idiomatic Expressions with English Grammar' 99 Ed.
BEST PART OF BEST SELLER BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD BET ON
THE WRONG HORSE BET ONE'S//BOOTS/ SHIRT BETTER HALF BETTER
LATE THAN NEVER BETTER OFF BETTER PART OF SOMETHING BETTER
THAN ...
7
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
bet (one's) boots; great life...; know life; lifer, 1; nothing in my young life; not on
your life! ; this is the life!; we ain't got much money...; while there's life life and
everlasting, for. (Esp. of sales) final; without appeal: lower and lower-middle
classes' ...
8
Modern Proverbs and Proverbial Sayings
B363 To bet one's Boots 1922 JJoyce Ulysses (NY 1934) 418: Bet your boots on.
1923 HGartland Globe (NY) 186: You can bet your boots. 1939 GDHCole Off with
(NY) 27: You bet your boots he doesn't. 1952 HReilly Velvet (NY) 174: You ...
Bartlett Jere Whiting, 1989
9
Picturesque expressions: a thematic dictionary
CORRECTNESS 1. bet [one's] boots To be absolutely sure or certain of
something. The reference is to a gambler (perhaps a cowboy, whose boots are
among his most important possessions) so sure of winning that he will bet
everything he ...
Laurence Urdang, Walter W. Hunsinger, Nancy LaRoche, 1985
10
Dictionary of idioms and idiomatic expressions
BOW BOOM lower the boom on lihat LOWER BOOT bet one's boots lihat BET
boot out ** mengusir; mengeluarkan: I was booted out of the secret society
because l missed too many meetings. Saya dikeluarkan dari organisasi rahasia
itu ...
Joseph J. Sullivan, Hadi Podo, 2011
