you can never tell

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   you can never be sure, for example because things are not always what they appear to be

   My next is very conventional, l'm afraid, but you can never tell how these things will turn out.

   You can never tell with chillies.

In the movies · 4

• You can never tell with women, George. They're different.Mona Lisa1986
• You can never tell with you kids these days.Swimming with Sharks1994
• My next is very conventional, l'm afraid, but you can never tell how these things will turn out.Bride of Frankenstein1935
• You can never tell with chillies.Another Year2010
• C'est la vie say the old folks It goes to show you never can tellPulp Fiction1994
• You just never can tell when somethin' terrible's gonna happen.The Last Picture Show1971
• Hey, Pietro, side door. He may have friends, you never can tell.Scarface1932
• You never can really tell what's going on between people, can you?Shadowlands1993

Learn it in full scenes

• Swimming with Sharks1994
  • Buddy Sweet-Talks Shelley Winters
  • Buddy Berates Guy Over the Phone
  • Guy's First Day as Buddy's Assistant
• Another Year2010
  • A Woman Asks for Sleeping Pills
  • Janet Rates Her Happiness
  • Mary Confides in Gerri Over Drinks

From the same entry

• all told
• don't tell me
• I tell you what
• I tell you
• I told you
• live, to tell the tale
• tell a different story
• tell its own tale
• tell me
• tell me about it
• tell me another
• tell tales

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• a friend in need
• there's a first time for everything
• all that glitters is not gold
• blood is thicker than water
• when the going gets tough
• every man for himself
• time is money
• all hands on deck
• let sleeping dogs lie
• the die is cast
• safety first
• two can play at that game