make book | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Togamble, either by placing or takingbets.1954August 30, “Into the Stretch”, inTime:In the American League, front-running Cleveland was an odds-on favorite with the men whomake bookon baseball.; (idiomatic)To be veryconfident.1909,Rex Ellingwood Beach, chapter 25, inThe Silver Horde:"Oh, you canmake bookthat she didn't start no love-making. She ain't the kind to curl up in a man's ear and whisper."

Examples:

EN: Nobody's got any money to make book with.
ES: Nadie tiene dinero para hacer apuestas.
EN: I wouldn't make book on what you don't know, Joe.
ES: Sé que sabes de todo, Joe.
EN: I wouldn't make book on that.
ES: Yo no estaría tan seguro.
EN: A week, is it? I'll make book it's for two years or more.
ES: Apuesto a que serán dos años.
EN: I'll make book we don't find a rational motive. I think the kid was clean and clear.
ES: No tenemos ningún motivo racional.
EN: I'll make book, it seems longer to me.
ES: Le apuesto algo a que a mi me parece mucho más.
EN: I wouldn't make book on that!
ES: ¡Eso no es tan seguro!
EN: I'd make book it is.
ES: - Apostaría a que sí.
EN: I wouldn't make book on that baby.
ES: No haría un libro sobre ese bebé.
EN: You can make book on that.
ES: Puedes hacer un libro sobre eso.
EN: And when Artie Ravidge gives a promise, you can make book on it.
ES: Cuando Artie Ravidge da su palabra, la cumple.
EN: I'll make book on it.
ES: Apuesto por ello.
ES: Le voy a encerrar.
EN: I know that some of them would axe their own brothers in two and make book on which is the bigger half.
ES: Sé que algunos de ellos cortarían a sus hermanos en dos y apostarían sobre cuál es la mitad más grande.
EN: You can make book on it.
ES: Puede escribirlo.
EN: But you believe in God, and I make book on that.
ES: Pero usted cree en Dios, No me cabe la menor duda.

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