Idiom
there is no telling
Meaning
Used to indicate that something cannot be known or predicted with certainty.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“There is no telling when the bus will arrive.”
“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.”
Examples
simple
“There is no telling when the bus will arrive.”
contextual
“With the weather changing so quickly, there is no telling if the outdoor concert will happen tonight.”
complex
“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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