it's anybody's anyone's guess Idioma

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!

More Idioms/Phrases

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