London to a brick

English

Etymology

Short for London to a brick on, expressing notional odds where the entire city of London is bet against a worthless object. Compare a pound to a penny.

Adjective

London to a brick (not comparable)

  1. (Australia) Extremely likely, virtually certain.
    • 2017, Graham Oppy, “Rationality and Worldview”, in J. L. Schellenberg, Paul Draper, editor, Renewing Philosophy of Religion: Exploratory Essays, page 185:
      It's London to a brick that if someone says that his world-view is demonstrably more theoretically virtuous than competing world-views, then the demonstration in question makes no serious attempt to assess the theoretical virtues of competing worldviews. And it's not far short of London to a brick that he doesn't even get as far as setting up straw man competitors to the touted worldview.
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