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There's no telling

Posted by R. Berg on April 06, 2004

(Tried to post this as a reply to the question below and had technical difficulties.)

A close synonym for "telling" used that way is "knowing." "There's no telling" means "It can't be detected." I can't tell how long she'll be there: not that I can't speak about it, but that I can't ascertain it.

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