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time will tell
( idiomatic ) Events and outcomes cannot be known beforehand.
This may not be a good idea, but time will tell .
2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC [1] :That was harsh on the former Manchester United keeper after a performance which kept his team in the tie at times. But Grant, so often starved of luck himself, will feel both he and his side were worthy of the good fortune. Only time will tell whether it will be enough.
results of an action cannot be known beforehand
Arabic: الْوَقْت سَيَقُولُ m ( al-waqt sayaqūlu )
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bashkir: күҙ күрер ( küź kürer )
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: el temps ho dirà
Chinese:
Mandarin: 時間 會 證明 一切 / 时间 会 证明 一切 ( shíjiān huì zhèngmíng yīqiè )
Dutch: de tijd zal het leren , de tijd zal 't leren
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: aika näyttää , sen näkee sitten
French: l’avenir le dira , qui vivra, verra , l’avenir nous le dira
Galician: o tempo dirá
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: das wird sich weisen , das wird sich zeigen , die Zeit wird es zeigen , die Zukunft wird es zeigen , das steht in den Sternen
Greek: ο χρόνος θα δείξει ( o chrónos tha deíxei )
Hebrew: ימים יגידו ( yamím yagídu )
Hungarian: majd kiderül , majd meglátjuk , majd elválik
Italian: chi vivrà vedrà , il tempo lo dirà , se son rose fioriranno
Japanese: 時間がたてば分かる ( jikan-ga tateba wakaru )
Khmer: ពេលវេលានឹងប្រាប់ ( peil veiliə nɨng prap )
Korean: 시간이 말해 ( sigani malhae )
Lithuanian: laikas parodys
Low German:
German Low German: Tiet will dat wiesen , de Tiet schall dat wiesen
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norman: la fîn du temps f'tha tout vaie
Polish: czas pokaże ( literally time will show )
Portuguese: o tempo dirá
Romanian: timpul va decide
Russian: поживём — увидим ( poživjóm — uvidim ) ( we'll live and see ) , вре́мя покажет (ru) ( vrémja pokažet )
Spanish: el tiempo dirá
Swedish: tiden får utvisa (sv) , den som lever får se
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: please add this translation if you can