time will tell

Meaning

1. time (alone) will tell

   used to say that you will have to wait for some time to find out the result of a situation

   Only time will tell if the treatment has been successful.

In the movies · 63

• Time will tell.Firebird2021
• Time will tell, Councillor.The Matrix Revolutions2003
• Only time will tell.Step Up 3D2010
• "Only time will tell if they deserve it."Ratatouille2007
• But now is not the time to tell it.Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince2009
• now is the time to tell.Transformers: Dark of the Moon2011
• ...it's time to tell Tom.The Great Gatsby2013
• - Mmm-hmm. Yeah. - Time will tell at this point, and if it's time to move on, it's time to move on.High Fidelity2000

Learn it in full scenes

• The Great Gatsby2013
  • Nick Begins His Story
  • Nick Dines with the Buchanans
  • Tom's Secret Apartment Party

From the same entry

• about time
• against time
• ahead of time
• ahead of your time
• all the time
• at all times
• at the best of times
• at the same time
• at a time
• at my, your, his, time of life
• at times
• before my, your, his, time