A dead cinch
noun phrase
a certainty; a foregone conclusion; sure thing: given mamet’s shavian morality, it was a dead cert that one of his heroes would wind up in h-ll/ just why a dead cinch should be the securest of any, i confess i do not know (first form fr horse racing 1889+, second fr cowboys 1893+)
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