گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'lead pipe cinch'

1 general:: 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]

2 general:: Phrase(s): a lead-pipe cinch Fig. something very easy to do; something entirely certain to happen. • I knew it was a leadpie cinch that I would be selected to head the publication committee.