hedge your bets
/ˌhedʒ jə ˈbets/NEUTRAL · C1
SA FILIPINO
Walang direktang katumbas
Kahulugan
to avoid committing to one option so that you cannot lose
Pumili ng higit sa isa para hindi matalo.
Mga halimbawa
- 1I’ve applied to three universities to hedge my bets.
- 2The shop is hedging its bets by selling online as well as on the high street.
- 3Not knowing which band would turn up, the organisers hedged their bets and printed two sets of posters.
- 4Tom is hedging his bets by booking two holidays and cancelling one later.
- 5Why not hedge your bets and bring both a coat and sun cream?
Grammar
Nagbabago ang hedge at your: hedges, hedging, hedged; hedged their bets. Nananatiling plural ang bets. Madalas na sinasabi ng by at isang -ing form kung paano.
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Iba pang idiom tungkol sa mga pasya
Lahat ng 20 idiom at ang quiz ng paksa →chop and changepalaging magpalit ng plano o opinyonburn your bridgesgumawa ng bagay na hindi na mababawi pagkataposa leap in the darkmapanganib na pasyang hindi alam ang kalalabasanthe die is castnakapagpasya na at hindi na ito mababawisit on the fenceumiwas na pumili sa pagitan ng dalawang panig o pagpipilianmake up your mindmagpasya kung ano ang gagawin o pipiliin
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