lead pipe cinch

lead-pipe cinch

[led-pahyp]
noun Slang.
1.
an absolute certainty: It's a lead-pipe cinch they'll be there.
2.
something very easy to accomplish: Getting him elected will be a lead-pipe cinch.

Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism

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