Dollars to Donuts

When I was growing up my father had an expression "I'll bet you dollars to donuts...." He'd use that expression to express an opinion, such as, "I'll bet you dollars to donuts that Mickey Mantle will hit a home run today."

The expression reflected his confidence that his opinion was correct, as if to say "I'll give you twenty to one odds on that."

Well my Dad's expression can't be used anymore because I just paid $1 per donut.

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Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson

When I was growing up my father had an expression "I'll bet you dollars to donuts...." He'd use that expression to express an opinion, such as, "I'll bet you dollars to donuts that Mickey Mantle will hit a home run today."

The expression reflected his confidence that his opinion was correct, as if to say "I'll give you twenty to one odds on that."

Well my Dad's expression can't be used anymore because I just paid $1 per donut.

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I love Winchell's Doughnuts, but they're going for about $1.25 a pop, which is a lot. I was surprised. On the plus side, it'll keep me limited to one at a time.

We have a few "gourmet" donut places that charge $3.00 (or more) for a donut. I'm sure you also have some in LA. These donuts are a completely different animal than your basic local donut shop donut.

They do only charge you $1.00 for coffee.

People wait in line for them and they are only open until they sell out which is usually by noon or 1. 7-11 charges about 75 cents here for a stale low quality donut.