smart money

Perhaps the series will eventually return to 'normal' Test cricket as the series develops, but the smart money is on the Ashes zipping by in a flash.

But sometimes even the smart money doesn’t look that smart.

Without question, then, in a race between an ostrich, a wolf, a racehorse, and a middle-aged housekeeper in tip-top shape, the smart money would be on the ostrich.

The smart money remains on Bellingham's experience with England and Real Madrid winning Tuchel's selection battle in the summer, but the head coach has already made it clear reputations count for nothing.

No one knew what was going on inside Bear Stearns or Merrill Lynch or Citigroup, but these places had always been the smart money, ergo their bets must be the smart bets.