"Bet the Farm"

[JAMES H COPELAND]

to bet the maximum, 'all in', as in Texas Hold'm
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  I gotta look into "bet the ranch." Any help appreciated (I'm now in the Dominican Republic with still mroe family matters).
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  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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