What's the betting that he gets his own way? 怎么理解这句英语？

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你能理解这句英语吗？What's the betting that he gets his own way? 这里真正的主语其实是 "that he gets his own way", 而 what's the betting...? | the betting is that...  其实是一个惯用语结构，主要是英式英语，有时候，what's the betting that......这个that可以省略。意思相当于it seems likely that...
这样就容易理解了， that he gets his own way + seems likely. 他可能会独行其是。【主语+系动词+表语】
what’s the 'betting … ?; the betting 'is that …(informal)
it seems likely that … 很可能；大概会:
What’s the betting that he arrives late? 他可能会迟到吗？
The betting is that she’ll get her own way. 她很可能会自作主张。

betting
bet·ting / ˈbetiŋ /
noun [U]
   the act of risking money, etc. on the unknown result of an event
   打赌；赌钱:
   illegal betting
   非法赌钱
⇨ see also spread betting
IDIOMS
▪ what's the betting...? | the betting is that...    (informal)  it seems likely that...
   很可能；大概会:
   What's the betting that he gets his own way?
   你认为他可能会独行其是吗？
   The betting is that he'll get his own way.
   他很可能会得逞。

bet∙ting / ˈbɛtɪŋ ; ˈbetɪŋ /
◙noun
1. [U] when people risk money on the results of games, competitions etc or other future events
• 打赌; 赌钱;
--› gambling
2. what's the betting / the betting is, [BrE] used to say that something seems very likely to happen or to be true
• 很可能:
»What's the betting Dan's involved in this somewhere?
  很可能丹也多少参与了这件事吧？

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