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ten to one
Language:
Meanings:
1.
United States
United Kingdom
informal
colloquial
Very likely; used to indicate that one outcome is presumed to be much more probable than another.
Used to express a confident estimate that something will happen (equivalent to saying 'most likely').
2.
International
gambling
informal
Literal betting odds of ten to one (10:1), meaning a successful wager returns ten units for each unit staked, plus the stake.
A ratio expressing that one outcome is ten times as likely, in contexts that use odds.
Examples:
EN:
Oh, ten to one, the Japs won't even go that way.
ES:
- Quizá no vayan allí.
EN:
If lambs are missing, ten to one it's a fox or a wild cat!
ES:
Si desaparecen los corderos, apuesto a que es un zorro o un gato montés.
EN:
You're trying to sell it to him but the chances are ten to one you'll wind up like Shorty.
ES:
Está intentando vendérsela, pero las oportunidades están diez a uno. Acabará usted como Shorty.
EN:
- That's ten to one.
ES:
- Diez a uno.
EN:
You said my men would count ten to one. What can they do?
ES:
Dice que mis hombres valdrían 1 por 10, ¿qué podrían hacer?
EN:
Wait a minute... It's ten to one.
ES:
Un momento, son las 12:50.
EN:
Cold Cuts, first, ten to one.
ES:
""fiambres"", primero, diez a uno.
EN:
He'll walk away with it at ten to one.
ES:
Ganará diez a uno.
EN:
Ten thousand at ten to one. That's $100,000.
ES:
Diez mil, a diez a uno, Son cien mil dólares.
EN:
I want the odds to stay at ten to one, ya understand?
ES:
Quiero que las apuestas Sigan diez a uno, ¿entendido?
EN:
I'll get the money down at ten to one before the New York mob gets wise to my play out there.
ES:
Apostaré diez a uno... Antes de que en nueva york Se enteren de mi maniobra.
EN:
I can do you ten to one about Crayfish.
ES:
Puedo ganarte diez a uno por Cangrejo de Río.
EN:
I'll lay you ten to one he doesn't show up.
ES:
- Te apuesto diez a uno a que no viene.
EN:
You would be outnumbered ten to one, saying nothing of the artillery he's got and you haven't.
ES:
Tenemos que luchar con o sin cañones.
EN:
I'll bet you ten to one it don't last six months.
ES:
10 a 1 que no dura 6 meses.
EN:
Oh, ten to one, the Japs won't even go that way.
ES:
- Quizá no vayan allí.
EN:
If lambs are missing, ten to one it's a fox or a wild cat!
ES:
Si desaparecen los corderos, apuesto a que es un zorro o un gato montés.
EN:
You're trying to sell it to him but the chances are ten to one you'll wind up like Shorty.
ES:
Está intentando vendérsela, pero las oportunidades están diez a uno. Acabará usted como Shorty.
EN:
Cold Cuts, first, ten to one.
ES:
""fiambres"", primero, diez a uno.
EN:
He'll walk away with it at ten to one.
ES:
Ganará diez a uno.
EN:
Ten thousand at ten to one. That's $100,000.
ES:
Diez mil, a diez a uno, Son cien mil dólares.
EN:
I want the odds to stay at ten to one, ya understand?
ES:
Quiero que las apuestas Sigan diez a uno, ¿entendido?
EN:
I'll get the money down at ten to one before the New York mob gets wise to my play out there.
ES:
Apostaré diez a uno... Antes de que en nueva york Se enteren de mi maniobra.
EN:
You would be outnumbered ten to one, saying nothing of the artillery he's got and you haven't.
ES:
Tenemos que luchar con o sin cañones.
EN:
I can do you ten to one about Crayfish.
ES:
Puedo ganarte diez a uno por Cangrejo de Río.
EN:
I'll lay you ten to one he doesn't show up.
ES:
- Te apuesto diez a uno a que no viene.
EN:
I'll bet you ten to one it don't last six months.
ES:
10 a 1 que no dura 6 meses.
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