C1idiomdecisionsIELTS-friendly
have a lot riding on something
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to depend heavily on the result of something
Also 'there's a lot riding on something' or 'everything is riding on it'. The image is a bet on a horse race.
In context
We have a lot riding on this deal, so let's prepare carefully.
She had a lot riding on the scholarship interview.
More idioms about decisions
- a Catch-22a situation you can't escape because each solution depends on the other
- a change of hearta change in your opinion or plan, usually towards a kinder or different view
- a double-edged swordsomething that has both good and bad effects
- a fait accomplisomething already decided or done that others must now accept
- a foregone conclusiona result that is certain before it happens