you never can tell

(also you never know)

Definition

› there is no way of knowing or being certain, esp. about the future: It sounds like a nice place to live, but you never can tell – we may end up hating it.

(Definition of you never can tell from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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