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time will tell
Sooner or later something will become known or be revealed, as in I don't know whether or not they'll like the reconstruction; only time will tell. This proverbial phrase dates from the early 1500s.
Example Sentences
“Only time will tell,” he said, “if I had to make the Sly story to save my own life.”
“Only time will tell,” he says “if I had to make the Sly story to save my own life.”
"Staff are very much on board and, as we do with everything, we'll give it our best shot to make this work. Only time will tell."
But only time will tell if it will prove the future of customer service.
Time will tell whether this compromise, such as it is, is sufficient to keep intact the fragile coalition that managed to get Trump elected twice, or whether it will hasten its demise.
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