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Don't bet on it=it is impossible?:)
Don't bet on it=it is impossible?:) Are they same?
Aug 19, 2011 5:43 PM
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Thanks a lot:)
August 20, 2011
Let me use them both in a conversation:
Two friends watch a very beautiful girl leave the building they are in.
"Do you think we'll ever see her again?"
"Don't bet on it."
Meaning it is very unlikely.
2.
"Do you think I could fly like Superman?"
"No, it's impossible."
Meaning it will never happen.
August 19, 2011
Don't bet on it means implies that the speaker thinks it is very unlikely. Although it may be possible, it isn't worth risking anything over.
August 19, 2011
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