What is this: “willing to bet”?
“Willing to bet” means that, if I had to gamble on it with money, I would. It means that I’m pretty confident that I’m correct, even if not absolutely 100%.
I’ll give an example.
A few years ago, Eeees and I took a vacation to St. Thomas. While we were there, we stopped off at the supermarket to pick up some staple foods. Imagine my surprise when we found the Coca-Cola and it did NOT have a hechsher.
In reality, I’m almost 100% certain that it was, in fact, kosher — after all, Coca-Cola’s formula is the same world wide. The lack of a hechsher was probably only because that particular bottling plant wasn’t under the OU.
I didn’t end up buying the Coke because I didn’t *need* it (there were other things to drink) and why take the small chance? However, if I had to gamble money on whether or not it was kosher, I would’ve said “Kosher” in a heartbeat.
“Willing to bet” means that I’m reasonably sure of something — enough that if forced to put money down, I’d go with that option without too much of a second thought.
The Wolf