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sure as eggs

sure as eggs adverb: surely; doubtlessly.

Adverb

sure as eggs (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial, simile) surely; doubtlessly
    • "Pity for you though, all the same, you could have tried your luck there — she'll open her legs for grammar-school boys, sure as eggs."
      "But if she's not much to look at anyway," I said […]1991, Knut Faldbakken, Insect summer

Origin of sure as eggs

A shortened form of sure as eggs is eggs.

Questions about sure as eggs

What does sure as eggs mean?
Sure as eggs means surely; doubtlessly.
What part of speech is sure as eggs?
Sure as eggs is an adverb.

Words near sure as eggs in the dictionary

  1. sure
  2. sure as a gun
  3. sure as death
  4. sure as death and taxes
  5. sure as death or taxes
  6. sure as eggs
  7. sure as eggs are eggs
  8. sure as eggs is eggs
  9. sure as fate
  10. sure as shit
  11. sure as shooting

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