Adverb
(idiomatic) very often, mostly, most of the time
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see nine, times, out of, ten.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgThe cynics are right nine times out of ten. H. L. Mencken
Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim. James A. Garfield
People want to be bowled over by something special. Nine times out of ten you might strike out, but that tenth time, that peak experience, is what people want. That's what can move the world. That's art. Haruki Murakami
Well, nine times out of ten when you have 2 or 3 stars in a household you have an unfortunate amount of competition that's not necessarily a healthy competition. Edwin Starr
I hate liberality - nine times out of ten it is cowardice, and the tenth time lack of principle. Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten. Terry Pratchett