There is no telling when the bus will arrive.
there is no telling
idiomUsed to indicate that something cannot be known or predicted with certainty.
With the weather changing so quickly, there is no telling if the outdoor concert will happen tonight.
Given the volatile nature of the global economy, there is no telling how these new regulations will affect the market in the long term.
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all there
Mentally competent; not absent-minded or insane.
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as if there were no tomorrow
To an excessive degree, oftentimes with little to no regard to future consequences; desperately; recklessly or wantonly; frantically; very quickly or very much.
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be there
To be available to provide comfort and support for someone, especially in a period of difficulty.
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been there, done that
An assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic and is not too keen on revisiting or redoing it again.
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been there, done that, bought the T-shirt
Expresses the speaker's complete familiarity with a situation, with overtones of cynicism or exhaustion.
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been there, done that, got the T-shirt
Alternative form of been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.
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don't go there
Do not broach that topic.
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get there
To succeed after a lengthy attempt.