| 词汇 | bet the farm/ranch |
| 释义 | bet the farmTo risk everything on a venture that one thinks will be successful. Primarily heard in US. I wouldn't bet the farm on that wacky invention. He's broke now because he bet the farm on a failed business venture. bet the ranchTo risk everything on a venture that one thinks will be successful. Primarily heard in US. I wouldn't bet the ranch on that wacky invention. He's broke now because he bet the ranch on a failed business venture. bet the ranchmainly AMERICANIf you bet the ranch, you take a big risk in doing something, sometimes spending all your money to do it. I wasn't going to bet the ranch on the stocks. It was a brave policy pushed through despite warnings that it would be a disaster. He bet the ranch and he won. bet the farmrisk everything that you own on a bet, investment, or enterprise. North American informalbet the ˈfarm/ˈranch(American English) risk everything that you have on something: It might succeed but don’t bet the farm on it.It’s a bet-the-farm situation. |
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