Idiom
nine times out of ten
Meaning
Very often, mostly, most of the time.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Nine times out of ten, the bus is late.”
“If you forget your umbrella, it will rain nine times out of ten.”
“While the outcome remains uncertain, historical data suggests that nine times out of ten, the market will correct itself after such a sharp decline.”
Examples
simple
“Nine times out of ten, the bus is late.”
contextual
“If you forget your umbrella, it will rain nine times out of ten.”
complex
“While the outcome remains uncertain, historical data suggests that nine times out of ten, the market will correct itself after such a sharp decline.”
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