London to a brick

English Etymology Short for en London to a brick on odds-on, expressing notional odds where the entire city of London is bet against a worthless object. Compare en a pound to a penny. Adjective - en Australia Extremely likely, virtually certain. en 2017 J. L. Schellenberg, Paul Draper Renewing Philosophy of Religion: Exploratory Essays Graham Oppy Rationality and Worldview 185 It's London to a brick that if someone says that his world-view is demonstrably more theoretically virtuous than competing world-views, then the demonstration in question makes no serious attempt to assess the theoretical virtues of competing worldviews. And it's not far short of London to a brick that he doesn't even get as far as setting up straw man competitors to the touted worldview.