sure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From the fact that the Sun will indisputably rise the following day.

Adverb[edit]

sure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow (not comparable)

  1. (simile) Surely; certainly.
    • 1995, Lyle Stuart, Winning at Casino Gambling, Lyle Stuart, →ISBN, page 316:
      It's going to stay there, and I'm going to be able to bank that money someday as sure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow.
    • 2012 August 28, Telltale Games, The Walking Dead, Windows, Mac OS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS, Kindle Fire:
      Chuck: I don't know much about you folks, but I can tell you, sure as the sun's gon' come up tomorrow, that y'all keep going on like this and that girl ain't gonna make it.
    • 2014 August 29, Doyle Shuler, The Barefoot Retirement Plan:
      As sure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow, you know that at some point, interest rates will rise again.
    • 2020 September 9, Rachel McDevitt, quoting Steve Santarsiero, “Bill to keep Pa. out of regional cap-and-trade program passes, but faces governor’s veto”, in WHYY[1]:
      Just as sure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow, we are going to move this process forward.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:sure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow.