who can tell
idiom
—used to say that something cannot be predicted
Who can tell what will happen next season?
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Serious questions of authorship — of who can write what roles, who can tell what stories — not only echo in the bodies of Wohl’s characters but find voice through them.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
The series — a comedic Columbo-esque mystery-of-the-week starring Natasha Lyonne as an amateur detective who can tell when a person is lying — tends to move to a new location each week, which means the guest rosters can get pretty long (and star-studded!).
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 20 Feb. 2025
Nicholas, whose life is a disappointment to him, who can tell that his life is a disappointment to his parents, can’t handle it.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
This race is not actually about who is more eloquent or who can tell the truth better or more, and that feels a little bit naive at this point.
—Leah Feiger, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
Anyone who can tell Stu Cook from Doug Clifford probably is Stu Cook or Doug Clifford.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
There just isn’t a council of decision-makers who can tell Biden to drop out or choose to ditch him.
—Christian Paz, Vox, 27 June 2024
Sometimes the child who can tell you everything there is to know about dinosaurs or baseball statistics or the solar system grows up to be a groundbreaking scientist or a brilliant entrepreneur.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 27 Mar. 2024
Isn’t there someone in his camp who can tell him these jokes are half-baked?
—William Earl, Variety, 27 Dec. 2023
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
The series — a comedic Columbo-esque mystery-of-the-week starring Natasha Lyonne as an amateur detective who can tell when a person is lying — tends to move to a new location each week, which means the guest rosters can get pretty long (and star-studded!).
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 20 Feb. 2025
Nicholas, whose life is a disappointment to him, who can tell that his life is a disappointment to his parents, can’t handle it.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
This race is not actually about who is more eloquent or who can tell the truth better or more, and that feels a little bit naive at this point.
—Leah Feiger, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
Anyone who can tell Stu Cook from Doug Clifford probably is Stu Cook or Doug Clifford.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
There just isn’t a council of decision-makers who can tell Biden to drop out or choose to ditch him.
—Christian Paz, Vox, 27 June 2024
Sometimes the child who can tell you everything there is to know about dinosaurs or baseball statistics or the solar system grows up to be a groundbreaking scientist or a brilliant entrepreneur.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 27 Mar. 2024
Isn’t there someone in his camp who can tell him these jokes are half-baked?
—William Earl, Variety, 27 Dec. 2023
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