English Reference

Idiom

hard telling, not knowing

Meaning

I don't know.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“It is hard telling, not knowing if the bus will arrive on time.”

“When asked if the project would be finished by Friday, he shrugged and said it was hard telling, not knowing what problems might arise.”

“Given the volatile nature of the market, it remains hard telling, not knowing whether the current trend will stabilize or collapse entirely by the end of the quarter.”

Examples

simple

“It is hard telling, not knowing if the bus will arrive on time.”

contextual

“When asked if the project would be finished by Friday, he shrugged and said it was hard telling, not knowing what problems might arise.”

complex

“Given the volatile nature of the market, it remains hard telling, not knowing whether the current trend will stabilize or collapse entirely by the end of the quarter.”

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