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どうなることやら
1. [exp]
▶ having no idea what will happen
▶ God only knows
▶ there is no knowing
▶ you never can tell



History:
2. A 2018-07-30 01:15:04  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
Eijiro. G-ngrams: 500k
  Diff: 
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<gloss>you never can tell</gloss>
1. A* 2018-07-29 10:46:15  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
km
どうなることやら	9800
4 example sentences in gg5 (末はどうなることやら, "I wonder what will become of him", etc.)
eij : どうなることやら全く分からない 
have no idea what is going to happen
  Comments: 
Maybe worth having, considering how common it is? Hard to come up with a useful gloss though.

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