It's anybody's guess Idiom, Proverb

by guess or by gosh

any way that is possible, by chance How did I learn to speak French? By guess or by gosh, that's how.

hazard a guess

guess at the answer, take a a shot in the dark How many beans are in the jar? Do you want to hazard a guess?

rough guess

an approximate estimate He made a rough guess as to how many people would come to the party.

second guess

guess what people think or what they will do Don't try to second guess people. Ask them what you need to know.

second-guess someone

guess what someone else intends to do or would have done You should never try to second-guess the firefighters in a dangerous situation.

take a guess

guess, try to answer, hazard a guess """How old are you?"" ""Take a guess."""

Your guess is as good as mine

Idiom(s): Your guess is as good as mine.

Theme: CERTAINTY - LACKING

Your answer is likely to be as correct as mine. (Informal.)
• I don't know where the scissors are. Your guess is as good as mine.
• Your guess is as good as mine as to when the train will arrive.

outguess

Idiom(s): outguess sb

Theme: THOUGHT

to guess what someone else might do; to predict what someone might do.
• I cant outguess Bill. I just have to wait and see what happens.
• Don't try to outguess John. He's too sharp and tricky.

by guess and by golly

Idiom(s): by guess and by golly

Theme: AWKWARDNESS

by luck; with the help of God. (Folksy. Golly is a disguise of God. Fixed order.)
• They managed to get the shed built by guess and by golly.
• I lost my ruler and had to install the new floor tile by guess and by golly.

get another guess coming

Idiom(s): get another think coming AND get another guess coming

Theme: ERROR

to have to rethink something because one was wrong the first time. (Folksy. Think is a noun here.)
• She's quite wrong. She's got another think coming if she wants to walk in here like that.
• You have another guess coming if you think you can treat me like that!

it's anybody's/anyone's guess

It is ambiguous or unknown. Why do dogs and bodies abhorrence anniversary other? Well, it's anybody's guess. No one has been able to actuate why my babe has been accepting nightmares—apparently, it's anyone's guess.Learn more: guess

It's anybody's guess

No one knows, so anyone's assumption is as acceptable as anyone else's. A: When will the agent be here? B: It's anybody's guess.Learn more: guess

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Get off one's back! get off lightly get into high gear get into a jam get goose pimples get down to work get at the heart of the matter get another guess coming get a word in edgeways get a bang out of: get a kick out of full of prunes full of Old Nick it's all downhill it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye it's all go it's all gone Pete Tong it's all good it's all Greek to me it's all in your mind it's all over bar the shouting it's all over but the shouting it's all over for (one) it's all over with it's all over with (someone) it's all right it's all right for some it's all systems go it's all the same to me it's always darkest (just) before the dawn It's always darkest just before the dawn it's an ill bird that fouls its own nest it's an ill wind it's an ill wind that blows no good it's an ill wind that blows no one any good it's an ill wind that blows nobody (any) good It's an ill wind that blows nobody good it's an old story It's anybody's guess it's anybody's/anyone's guess it's anyone's/anybody's call it's as broad as it is long it's as broad as it's long it's as well It's been it's been a slice It's been a slice! it's been real it's better to ask forgiveness than permission it's beyond me it's brass monkeys outside it's business as usual it's chucking it down it's crunch time it's curtains it's dogged that does it it's early days it's easy to be wise after the event it's every man for himself it's feeding time at the zoo it's five o'clock somewhere It's for a fact it's for you it's grim up north