Bet Your Sweet Bippy In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Bet Your Sweet Bippy", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Tommy Tran calendar 2021-02-03 04:02

Meaning of Bet Your Sweet Bippy

Synonyms:

you bet your ass

Bet Your Sweet Bippy informal

To show that you're certain about something

You bet your sweet bippy I'm going to get the first prize!

A: "Can you come tonight?" B: "You bet your sweet bippy I can!"

You can bet your sweet bippy that he's going to lose again.

Other phrases about:

sure as God made little green apples

Meaning absolutely certain or without a doubt

Fo shizzle, my nizzle

Another way to say "absolutely", "definitely" or "for sure"
 

dang sure

Totally certain.

(as) sure as a gun

With absolute certainty; decisively
 

you (can) bet your (sweet) life

You can be absolutely certain that something is true or will occur.

Grammar and Usage of Bet Your Sweet Bippy

Verb Forms

Origin of Bet Your Sweet Bippy

"Laugh-In" TV show. (Image Source: WNBF)

The expression originated from the show called Laugh-In in the late 1960s. At that time, TV shows had strict guidelines about which words they were allowed to say. The show writers have chosen the substitution "bippy" to get around censorship. Show creators claimed that the word was a nonsense word that they picked just because it sounded funny. The phrase became popular since then.

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