"Bet the Farm"

[Benjamin Barrett]

Probably related is "bet the firm", an expression I understand to mean
that a law firm agrees to take on a case and not take anything unless
they win. BB

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Sent: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:00 AM
> Subject: "Bet the Farm"
>
>
> In a Supreme Court opinion yesterday, Justice Scalia used the expression
> "bet the farm." A journalist is asking me about this phrase. Can anyone
> point me to any good information, or even give a hunch, as to the
> derivation of this expression?
>
> Fred Shapiro
>

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