there's no telling

there's no telling
there's no telling
One cannot possibly know or predict
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Main Entry:tell

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it is impossible to know say etc what is true or what will happen next

There’s no saying what they might be capable of achieving.

There’s no telling how much she overheard.

Thesaurus: not known or difficult to knowsynonym
Main entry: no

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there's no telling
— used to say that it is impossible to know something with certainty

There's no telling how long the strike will last.

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Main Entry:tell

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there's no ˈtelling idiom
used to say that it is impossible to know what happened or will happen

There's no telling how they'll react.

Main entry:tellidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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