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Are there any idioms to express that someone is certain from somthing and that something is obviousely true?







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Are there any idioms to express that someone is certain from somthing and that something is obviousely true?


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Sure as eggs is eggs.
Sure as hell.
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obviously true >> crystal clear
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beyond the shadow of a doubt
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right as rain

true blue

beyond a shadow of a doubt

cross my heart

stake my life on it

swear to it
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Sure as I'm sitting here.
I'm as serious as a heart attack.
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As sure as eggs is eggs.
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