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Idiom

it's early days

Meaning

Indicating it is too soon to know the outcome of a situation, often implying it is too early to make a judgment or prediction.

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

Examples

“Don't worry about the results yet, it's early days.”

“The new manager has only been here for a week, so it's early days to judge her performance.”

“While the initial data from the clinical trial appears promising, the researchers caution that it's early days and further long-term study is required.”

Examples

simple

“Don't worry about the results yet, it's early days.”

contextual

“The new manager has only been here for a week, so it's early days to judge her performance.”

complex

“While the initial data from the clinical trial appears promising, the researchers caution that it's early days and further long-term study is required.”

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