Hazard a Guess

Idiom #1

A Little History

This is my first idiom post so I chose “hazard a guess”—an figure of speech that I couldn’t BELIEVE my friends didn’t know.  I then told myself I should start taking note of all idioms I use.

Hazard

A hazard is defined as a risk or a danger.  Bad definition cause they are basically just synonyms, but hey.  “Hazard” can also be a verb, to put something at risk of being lost.  When you “risk money” an a gamble, you are HAZARDING that money.

Hazarding a Guess

A more abstracted use of Hazard as a noun is to “hazard a guess.”  You are not putting the GUESS at risk, but you are putting yourself (your reputation or money) at risk.