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you never can tell
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 tell
Also, 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.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Mervyn | | MUR-vin (English) | Welsh, English |
Aten | | AH-tən (English) | Egyptian Mythology |
Fortunata | | - | Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Late Roman |
Melisa | | - | Spanish, Bosnian |
Haydar | | - | Turkish |
Lamis | | - | Arabic |