Idioms category: Uncertainty

Dark horse
challenge competition risk opportunity uncertainty
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Gordon Bennett
uncertainty
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Beyond our ken
learning uncertainty
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch
problem success risk uncertainty opportunity failure
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Gloom and doom
problem emotion feeling trouble danger uncertainty
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Heard it through the grapevine
communication uncertainty
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A watched pot never boils
time uncertainty
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On the fence
uncertainty conflict situation
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In the dark
uncertainty
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Queer Street
uncertainty risk struggle struggle
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The blind leading the blind
leadership problem uncertainty difficulty
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broke the ice
communication uncertainty
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The jury is still out
uncertainty
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Total shambles
uncertainty
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(On a) wing and a prayer
uncertainty difficulty risk success
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Between two stools
uncertainty conflict situation
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By the seat of one's pants
uncertainty
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walking on eggshells
behaviour trouble situation uncertainty difficulty
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place of uncertainty
uncertainty situation
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full of surprises
uncertainty
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Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things
communication speech uncertainty speech
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Caught between two stools
conflict situation uncertainty struggle
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink
education difficulty leadership learning failure uncertainty opportunity action consequence
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Hem and haw
behaviour communication difficulty speech uncertainty
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Forlorn hope
strategy failure difficulty risk uncertainty
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Make your hair stand on end
emotion uncertainty
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Dead cat bounce
business failure strategy risk uncertainty consequence
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Come what may
uncertainty risk consequence opportunity action
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Whistle in the dark
emotion uncertainty
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Squeaky bum time
difficulty situation uncertainty competition risk challenge opportunity consequence
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Back to square one
problem situation difficulty uncertainty uncertainty uncertainty uncertainty
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In the doldrums
feeling uncertainty
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On tenterhooks
emotion feeling uncertainty
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One swallow doesn't make a summer
time problem success opportunity risk uncertainty
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On a hiding to nothing
problem failure difficulty uncertainty risk uncertainty
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trying to make heads or tails
problem difficulty learning education communication uncertainty
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Love is blind
love emotion feeling uncertainty
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The hairy eyeball
behaviour uncertainty
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May you live in interesting times
time difficulty uncertainty challenge opportunity success failure learning
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doing a number on her
behaviour action difficulty emotion uncertainty
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Shot in the dark
uncertainty risk opportunity situation strategy
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Hedge your bets
risk strategy business opportunity uncertainty consequence consequence
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Throw caution to the wind
opportunity danger uncertainty
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Out on a limb
risk uncertainty situation consequence
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Take potluck
food uncertainty opportunity risk opportunity
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Dead in the water
difficulty uncertainty uncertainty uncertainty
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Test the waters
business risk opportunity uncertainty communication education learning
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Don't count your chickens before they're hatched
problem success uncertainty risk business competition strategy action
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Which witch is which?
uncertainty
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The tip of the iceberg
problem difficulty risk danger challenge uncertainty difficulty
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Put all your eggs in one basket
risk strategy business money failure opportunity consequence uncertainty opportunity
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Eeny, meeny, miny, mo
uncertainty
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Seven-year itch
time difficulty uncertainty
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Complete shambles
uncertainty
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play the hand you're dealt
challenge strategy work uncertainty opportunity success
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slippery slope
difficulty danger risk uncertainty
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Your guess is as good as mine
uncertainty risk
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Even at the turning of the tide
time movement uncertainty action progress
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Jury is still out
uncertainty
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Not by a long chalk
difficulty uncertainty time money speech
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Touch and go
danger risk uncertainty situation
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Neither here nor there
uncertainty
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tip of the iceberg
consequence problem challenge difficulty uncertainty
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In limbo
uncertainty
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Clear as mud
uncertainty
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A pig in a poke
uncertainty risk
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An accident waiting to happen
danger problem risk uncertainty uncertainty
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went back and forth
conflict uncertainty
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Smell a rat
danger uncertainty problem
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Beat around the bush
communication uncertainty
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let the grass grow under his feet
time opportunity uncertainty
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Finagle's Law
problem difficulty uncertainty
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Throw under the bus
behaviour danger failure risk uncertainty work
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On the bubble
competition risk uncertainty situation consequence
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All at sea
uncertainty
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Play fast and loose
risk uncertainty
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Moot point
problem uncertainty uncertainty
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To Bell the Cat
problem animal action difficulty uncertainty risk success strategy leadership
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Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
conflict uncertainty trouble difficulty problem
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In a quandary
problem feeling situation uncertainty difficulty trouble uncertainty trouble
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Security blanket
uncertainty
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hanging by a thread
danger situation risk uncertainty
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To be caught between a rock and a hard place
difficulty problem trouble uncertainty
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Come what come may
uncertainty
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Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
uncertainty responsibility leadership challenge difficulty
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Draw a blank
problem difficulty failure speech communication uncertainty
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Kettle of fish
problem uncertainty situation difficulty difficulty
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I haven't got a clue
problem uncertainty learning education learning education education
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Here lies one whose name is writ in water
uncertainty uncertainty
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Things that go bump in the night
uncertainty
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Up in the air
uncertainty movement uncertainty
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watch the pot never boil
time difficulty action food uncertainty
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(Coming in) on a wing and a prayer
problem uncertainty difficulty risk situation danger
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a deer in headlights
animal behaviour uncertainty
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Don't have a clue
uncertainty
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Play it by ear
uncertainty
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Don't count your chickens before they are hatched
problem risk uncertainty action success failure opportunity
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awkwardness in the air
feeling emotion uncertainty
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Rhyme nor reason
uncertainty
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Another think coming
difficulty uncertainty challenge problem conflict trouble
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Urban myth
uncertainty
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fell over them like a thick fog
difficulty uncertainty
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The collywobbles
feeling body emotion uncertainty
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Fits and starts
progress movement uncertainty
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Sticky wicket
difficulty uncertainty
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Different kettle of fish
situation uncertainty
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Take with a grain of salt
uncertainty risk
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awkward glances
behaviour communication uncertainty
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leap in the dark
risk uncertainty action opportunity movement progress success challenge difficulty
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Living on borrowed time
time risk danger consequence uncertainty
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Haven't got a clue
problem uncertainty
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Beat about the bush
communication uncertainty
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Blow hot and cold
emotion feeling uncertainty
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At a loss
problem feeling uncertainty difficulty action strategy
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skating on thin ice
danger risk situation uncertainty
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Count your chickens before they are hatched
risk uncertainty success money action failure opportunity
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Curiosity killed the cat
animal risk consequence uncertainty danger
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the best-laid plans
failure uncertainty work time difficulty
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Pull the other one, it's got bells on
uncertainty
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The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings
uncertainty entertainment
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Beyond a shadow of a doubt
uncertainty
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Sixes and sevens - At
uncertainty
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as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
animal body movement uncertainty situation feeling
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A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client
success risk danger uncertainty
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Nothing is certain but death and taxes
uncertainty money responsibility progress history consequence
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idiom: a wild guess
risk uncertainty
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Hostage to fortune
risk consequence uncertainty situation danger
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Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer
problem communication consequence uncertainty consequence
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Idioms category: Uncertainty

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