ten to one

phrase

informal

: very likely

Ten to one they'll lose.

Examples of ten to one in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The share of seniors will more than double in most countries by midcentury, pushing support ratios (the number of workers per retiree) to ruinous levels; China’s, for example, will fall from ten to one in 2000 to under two to one by 2050. — Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2025

New York City’s right-to-shelter laws stipulate that the ratio of residents to showers in a facility must be no greater than ten to one. — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023

As such, the Russian approach differs strikingly from China’s far more comprehensive and long-term strategy, which aims at building a worldwide imperium and whose economic interests in Africa dwarf Russia’s by a measure of almost ten to one. — Stephen Smith, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2022

Ayano Tsukimi’s dolls now outnumber the villagers ten to one. — Fritz Schumann, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2015

Rhymes for ten to one

• anyone
• everyone
• megaton
• overdone
• overrun
• begun
• grandson
• gudrun
• handgun
• homespun
• outdone
• outrun