| 词汇 | you never can tell |
| 释义 | Idiom you never can tell there is no way to know or be certain of something.It sounds like a nice place to live, but you never can tell – we may end up hating it. Related vocabulary: there's no tellingyou never can tellYou can never know something for certain, even if it seems very likely. I never expected those girls to be so rude. It's supposed to be a really good school, but you never can tell, I guess. you never can tellAlso, you never know. Perhaps, possibly, one can't be certain, as in You never can tell, it might turn into a beautiful day, or You may yet win the lottery-you never know. The first term uses tell in the sense of "discern," a usage dating from the late 1300s; the variant dates from the mid-1800s. you ˌnever can ˈtell,you can ˌnever ˈtell(saying) you can never be sure; you can never know exactly what will happen: ‘Is he happy?’ ‘I don’t know. You can never tell with him.’‘Who’s going to win?’ ‘In weather conditions like these you never can tell.’ |
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