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!
second-guess|guess|second
v. phr. 1. To criticize another's decision with advantage of hindsight. The losing team's coach is always second-guessed. 2. To guess what someone else intends or would think or do. Television planners try to second-guess the public.
anyone's guess
anyone's guess Something that no one knows for sure, as in Will it rain next Sunday? That's anyone's guess. [Mid-1900s] Also see your guess is as good as mine.
educated guess, an
educated guess, an A speculation based on past experience or knowledge, as in I'm not sure how much meat we need to feed twelve, but I'll make an educated guess and say six pounds. [Mid-1900s]
have another guess coming Also, have another think coming. Be mistaken and therefore have to reconsider or rethink one's answer. For example, If you think you can fool me, you have another guess coming, or John thinks he convinced me; well, he has another think coming. A related idiom is guess again, often used in the imperative, as in You think that car cost $20,000? Guess again! [Colloquial; first half of 1900s]
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