C2idiomdecisionsIELTS-friendly
hedge your bets
USUK
to avoid committing to one choice so that you are protected if it goes wrong
Often in the continuous. The possessive changes: 'my bets', 'their bets'.
In context
I'm hedging my bets by applying to three universities as well as the one I really want.
Investors are hedging their bets, keeping some money in gold and some in stocks.
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