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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

you never know en · X

Meanings

  1. Used to speculate about a possibility; especially, a slight one.
    • At this point, I doubt that they'll meet their deadline, but you never know — stranger things have happened.
    • 8 October 2010, Colin Jackson for BBC Sport, 'Magic can happen between Turner and Sharman' They are only running times in the 13.20s, but next year he could run 13.25 and you never know, he may end up running 13.1 quite easily

Relateds

what do you know · who knows

Translations (16)

fr on ne sait jamais (phrase used to speculate about a slim chance) · es una nunca sabe (phrase used to speculate about a slim chance) · fr sait-on jamais (phrase used to speculate about a slim chance) · es nunca se sabe (phrase used to speculate about a slim chance) · es uno nunca sabe (phrase used to speculate about a slim chance) · pl nigdy nie wiadomo (phrase used to speculate about a slim chance) · es quién quita (phrase used to speculate about a slim chance) · pt nunca se sabe (phrase used to speculate about a slim chance) · fi ei sitä koskaan tiedä (phrase used to speculate about a slim chance) · nn ikkje godt å vita (phrase used to speculate about a slim chance) · ru как знать (phrase used to speculate about a slim chance) · de man weiß nie (phrase used to speculate about a slim chance) · de man kann nie wissen (phrase used to speculate about a slim chance) · ru чем чёрт не шу́тит (phrase used to speculate about a slim chance) · lb et weess een ni (phrase used to speculate about a slim chance) · ru кто зна́ет (phrase used to speculate about a slim chance)