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Events and outcomes cannot be known beforehand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- This may not be a good idea, but time will tell.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bashkir:
күҙ күрер
(küź kürer)
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Catalan:
el temps ho dirà
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Chinese Mandarin:
時間會證明一切 /时间会证明一切
(shíjiān huì zhèngmíng yīqiè)
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Dutch:
de tijd zal het leren
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Dutch:
de tijd zal 't leren
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Finnish:
aika näyttää
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Finnish:
sen näkee sitten
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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French:
l'avenir le dira
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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French:
qui vivra, verra
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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French:
l'avenir nous le dira
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Galician:
o tempo dirá
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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German:
das wird sich weisen
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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German:
das wird sich zeigen
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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German:
die Zeit wird es zeigen
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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German:
die Zukunft wird es zeigen
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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German:
das steht in den Sternen
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Greek:
ο χρόνος θα δείξει
(o chrónos tha deíxei)
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Hebrew:
ימים יגידו
(yamím yagídu)
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Hungarian:
majd kiderül
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Hungarian:
majd meglátjuk
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Hungarian:
majd elválik
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Italian:
chi vivrà vedrà
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Italian:
il tempo lo dirà
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Italian:
se son rose fioriranno
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Japanese:
時間がたてば分かる
(jikan-ga tateba wakaru)
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Khmer:
ពេលវេលានឹងប្រាប់
(peil veiliə nɨng prap)
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Korean:
시간이 말해
(sigani malhae)
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Lithuanian:
laikas parodys
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Low German:
Tiet will dat wiesen
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Low German:
de Tiet schall dat wiesen
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Norman:
la fîn du temps f'tha tout vaie
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Polish:
czas pokaże
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Portuguese:
o tempo dirá
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Romanian:
timpul va decide
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Russian:
вре́мя покажет
(vrémja pokažet)
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Spanish:
el tiempo dirá
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Swedish:
tiden får utvisa
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand
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Swedish:
den som lever får se
— results of an action cannot be known beforehand