Today’s post is quite simple, but the expression is valuable and it’s worth reading carefully and then writing down some of the example sentences in Anki . So let’s go.
Off means “turned off”, “deactivated”, “cancelled”. Thus, we can translate the expression all bets are off as “all bets are canceled”. What sense does this make? Simple: the phrase refers to a situation during a competition (for example, a horse race) where things are so unpredictable that no one knows who to bet on.
A good translation for all bets are off , then, is “everything is open”. It’s a phrase that comes up a lot when we talk about competitions, elections, the economy…
Check out the examples:
All bets are off on the
election: it’s too close to call.
The
team seemed poised for a certain victory, but now that their star player is injured, all bets are off .
All bets are off on the
proposed tax measure, as members in congress have failed to come up with a bipartisan solution.
This
election year all bets are off . No one knows what’s going to happen.
We
expect shares to rise unless the economy slows down, in which case all bets are off .
If that is true, then in my opinion, all bets are off .
Once you leave the first world, then all bets are off .
This election year all bets seem to be off .
In this election year, it seems like anything can happen .
He was doing well ,
but after the economic crisis began, all bets are off .
I know I said that, but that was before. Now all bets are off .
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