dead cinch Idiom, Proverb
a cinch
something that's very easy to do.
lead pipe cinch
certain of the result, a foregone conclusion The Jets are a lead pipe cinch to win the game. They're better.
it's a cinch|cinch
informal sentence It is very easy.
"What about the final exam?" Fred asked. "It was a cinch" Sam answered. Compare: PIECE OF CAKE.
lead-pipe cinch
lead-pipe cinch A certainty, an assured success. For example, “An engagement ain't always a lead-pipe cinch” (O. Henry,
The Sphinx Apple, 1907). This colloquial expression is of disputed origin. It may allude to the
cinch that tightly holds a horse's saddle in place, which can make it easier for the rider to succeed in a race; or it may allude to a cinch in plumbing, in which a lead pipe is fastened with a band of steel to another pipe or a fixture, making a very secure joint. [Late 1800s]
dead cinch
A actual accessible task. Getting actuality was a asleep assert because there was no cartage at all.Learn more: cinch, deaddead cinch
n. an complete certainty; an accessible affair to do. It’s a asleep cinch. I apprehend no problems. Learn more: cinch, dead