odds on phr.
very likely, in all likelihood.
Sporting Times 2 May 1/3: It’s any odds on that the narrative goes / On to say that the match was ill-fated. | ‘Brief Happiness’||
Shearer’s Colt 69: If he can block Nancy Bell at any stage of the race it is long odds on his doing so. | ||
Long and the Short and the Tall Act I: It’s odds on they’re just a buckshee bunch of Harries like yourselves. | ||
Teachers (1962) 265: First, as usual, which was odds-on anyway, being next door. | ||
Villain’s Tale 59: Both lifts in the block of council flats were out of order. [...] It was odds on that the lifts in the other four flatblocks on the estate would be out of order also. | ||
More You Bet 7: The language of gambling and racing permeated the everyday language of the people. [...] one might have heard someone say, ‘Rain is odds-on’. |