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five will get you ten

five will get you ten

9.9
You say this when you are very sure something will happen
  • idiom
  • Archaic
translation icon : cinco contra diez
  • I would say five will get you ten that she calls you back within an hour.

Examples

  • You can be sure five will get you ten they're going to cancel the game due to the storm.

  • I bet five will get you ten that our team will win the championship this year.

  • I bet five will get you ten it rains before the parade starts.

  • I bet you five will get you ten that it will rain tomorrow.

  • Are you sure five will get you ten on that game?

  • I'm confident five will get you ten that he will show up on time for the meeting.

  • You can count on five will get you ten that she will pass the exam with flying colors.

Synonyms

to bet
vsfive will get you ten
  • Informal
∞ 2.8

To be confident that something is true or will happen

casts that confidence as a wager-like, expressive assertion rather than simple belief
to wager
vsfive will get you ten
37 4.7

To say you are sure something will happen as if you had risked money on it

is a colloquial idiom used to show the same confident declaration
to betcha
vsfive will get you ten
  • Informal
22 9.9

To say you are sure something will happen

is a more vivid idiom used like making a confident challenge or claim
to bet one's bottom dollar
vsfive will get you ten
  • Informal
5 8.0

To be very sure that something will happen

expresses strong confidence but stops short of claiming absolute certainty
ten to one
vsfive will get you ten
  • Informal
1 3.7

Very likely to happen

expresses a similar high likelihood but framed as a betting-style remark
to bet the house
vsfive will get you ten
  • Informal
1 8.5

To risk everything you own on one decision

expresses strong confidence about an outcome without implying total personal risk
dollar to a doughnut
vsfive will get you ten
  • Archaic
1 9.9

You would bet on it because it is very likely to happen

is used similarly but framed as a playful confident claim

Antonyms

doubt
∞ 1.6

A feeling of not being sure about something

uncertainty
296 4.0

Not being sure about what will happen or what to do

How Certain

positutely sure
  • Informal
9.8
five will get you ten
  • Archaic
9.9
to betcha
  • Informal
22 9.9
presumably
278 4.3

Surface Forms

five will get you ten main

Morphology

five + will + get + you + ten

This is an idiomatic wagering formula where the numbers and verb do not transparently yield the intended meaning of strong confidence or a bet; a B1 learner who knows 'five', 'will', 'get', 'you', and 'ten' would likely parse it literally (e.g. '5 will obtain 10') and not infer the conventional odds-based sense. The phrase is conventionalized and context-dependent (related to betting/odds), so its meaning cannot be reliably derived from the constituents or standard composition patterns.

Etymology

Five will get you ten comes from betting: someone offering five to win ten is saying they would bet small to gain more because they think the event is very likely. That's why people use it to say they are 'very sure' something will happen.