Sentence examples for it's a lock from inspiring English sources
Couple that with Ben Affleck being everyone's comeback kid, and it's a lock -- even if the film actually isn't as good as the breathless praise it has gotten since Telluride might suggest.
It's a lock that the league's board of governors on Tuesday will approve a Seattle group's application to become the league's 32nd franchise.
Given its Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild leverage, it's a lock in many categories -- but when it comes to Best Picture, it would be a shame to see it challenge far superior movies like "Gravity," "12 Years a Slave" and "Her" for the trophy.
"When you think about driving to the basket and the defense collapses on you and you can dish to a guy who you know is just going to dunk it -- he's going to finish the play, it's a lock -- that's unbelievably exciting," Mount St. Mary's forward Tony Hayden said.
"I just don't think it's a lock that everything is going to go wonderfully," Mr. Hiaasen said.
For a while it's a locked-room mystery.
"It was a lock of heads and he [referee Craig Thomson] just chose to send Dave off.
It was a lock that used your smartphone as a key.
Nicklaus' record, Chamblee said, will not fall: "It is a lock".
