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Meaning of "There's no saying" and "think up next"



 
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Meaning of "There's no saying" and "think up next" #1 (permalink) Sun Dec 05, 2004 5:55 am   Meaning of "There's no saying" and "think up next"
 

Test No. incompl/elem-30 "Responses (3)", question 9

Mike: 'You just can't believe what they'll think up next, can you?'
Jane: '.........'

(a) There's no believing.
(b) There's no crediting.
(c) There's no saying.
(d) There's no announcing.

Test No. incompl/elem-30 "Responses (3)", answer 9

Mike: 'You just can't believe what they'll think up next, can you?'
Jane: 'There's no saying.'

Correct answer: (c) There's no saying.

Your answer was: incorrect
Mike: 'You just can't believe what they'll think up next, can you?'
Jane: 'There's no believing.'
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Dear Teachers,

Please explain both expressions.

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There's no saying #2 (permalink) Sun Dec 05, 2004 6:09 am   There's no saying
 

There's no saying means you are speechless and can't say anything to describe what is going on.
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There's no saying #3 (permalink) Fri Jan 12, 2007 2:13 am   There's no saying
 

yo wrote:
There's no saying means you are speechless and can't say anything to describe what is going on.


Please forget the answer and explain me what does the sentence means? speacially "think up next"

Thanks
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There's no saying #4 (permalink) Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:37 pm   There's no saying
 

blazya wrote:
Please forget the answer and explain what the sentence means? Especially "think up next"
Hi Blazya

To me the sentence means "It's difficult to imagine or anticipate what sort of creative or unusual ideas they will have next."

Does that help?

Amy

PS
The blue part of the quote is a correction of your question.
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Meaning of "There's no saying" and "think up next" #5 (permalink) Fri Jan 12, 2007 19:16 pm   Meaning of "There's no saying" and "think up next"
 

Hi Yankee, your explanation was very good, indeed, thank you!! I don`d know what i`ll think up next, Do you? Is it OK?
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Meaning of "There's no saying" and "think up next" #6 (permalink) Sun May 27, 2007 14:19 pm   Meaning of "There's no saying" and "think up next"
 

so, what does "that is no saying" actually mean?

did "yo" provide the right answer?
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Meaning of "There's no saying" and "think up next" #7 (permalink) Sun May 27, 2007 20:35 pm   Meaning of "There's no saying" and "think up next"
 

Hi

The idiom "there's no saying" means that 'it is not possible to anticipate or judge something' or simply 'it is not possible to say'.

I think yo's explanation fits the first test sentence (Mike). "You just can't believe what they'll think up next" means that whenever they think something up, it's hardly possible to believe what they've done or thought of doing. What they do is always so surprising/unexpected/unimaginable that you may well end up speechless.

Therefore, Jane's response is to agree that it's not possible to anticipate or imagine what they will do next: "There's no saying (what they will do next)."
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Meaning of "There's no saying" and "think up next" #8 (permalink) Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:52 am   Meaning of "There's no saying" and "think up next"
 

hey, what does " there's no crediting "means ?
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