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<blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 453141" data-attributes="member: 12570"><p>The following is from Wikipedia:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Dollars to donuts</strong> is a faux bet in which one person agrees to put up the same amount of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollars" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">dollars</span></u></a> to another person's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donut" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">donuts</span></u></a> in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">bet</span></u></a>. The person uttering the phrase intends to escape paying for a real bet by showing mock support for the likelihood of a specific future event. Betting someone dollars to donuts is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_device" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">rhetorical device</span></u></a> that indicates that the person is confident but unlikely to care enough about the future event to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Put_your_money_where_your_mouth_is&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">put their money where their mouth is</span></u></a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret), post: 453141, member: 12570"] The following is from Wikipedia: [B]Dollars to donuts[/B] is a faux bet in which one person agrees to put up the same amount of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollars"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]dollars[/COLOR][/U][/URL] to another person's [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donut"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]donuts[/COLOR][/U][/URL] in a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]bet[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. The person uttering the phrase intends to escape paying for a real bet by showing mock support for the likelihood of a specific future event. Betting someone dollars to donuts is a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_device"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]rhetorical device[/COLOR][/U][/URL] that indicates that the person is confident but unlikely to care enough about the future event to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Put_your_money_where_your_mouth_is&action=edit&redlink=1"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]put their money where their mouth is[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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