English

Phrase

five will get you ten

1. (idiomatic) I strongly believe
   • 1957, Clyde Brion Davis, Unholy Uproar

     Five will get you ten that he's either gone or dead by midnight Sunday.

   • 2003, F. Winston Pate, Serenity

     As it is I'm going to be in big trouble financially if I lose my job and five will get you ten the bastards will try to drum me out.