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 by: bruce bowser - Wed, 18 May 2022 20:21 UTC

keep (someone) guessing idiom
Definition of "keep (someone) guessing"

: to make it impossible (for someone) to know what will happen next
The many twists and turns in the plot will keep readers guessing until
the last page.

Merriam Webster
-- https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20%28someone%29%20guessing#:~:text=Definition%20of%20keep%20(someone)%20guessing,guessing%20until%20the%20last%20page.

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 by: CDB - Thu, 19 May 2022 10:34 UTC

On 5/18/2022 4:21 PM, bruce bowser wrote:
> keep (someone) guessing idiom Definition of "keep (someone)
> guessing"

> : to make it impossible (for someone) to know what will happen next
> The many twists and turns in the plot will keep readers guessing
> until the last page.

> Merriam Webster --
> https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20%28someone%29%20guessing#:~:text=Definition%20of%20keep%20(someone)%20guessing,guessing%20until%20the%20last%20page.

I
>
checked to see whether M-W had called it an idiom (they had), because
I don't really agree. It looks to me like a fairly straightforward way
of saying "keep someone in a state of uncertainty".

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 by: bruce bowser - Thu, 19 May 2022 16:30 UTC

On Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 6:35:08 AM UTC-4, CDB wrote:
> On 5/18/2022 4:21 PM, bruce bowser wrote:
> > keep (someone) guessing idiom Definition of "keep (someone)
> > guessing"
>
> > : to make it impossible (for someone) to know what will happen next
> > The many twists and turns in the plot will keep readers guessing
> > until the last page.
>
> > Merriam Webster --
> > https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20%28someone%29%20guessing#:~:text=Definition%20of%20keep%20(someone)%20guessing,guessing%20until%20the%20last%20page.
> I
> >
> checked to see whether M-W had called it an idiom (they had), because
> I don't really agree. It looks to me like a fairly straightforward way
> of saying "keep someone in a state of uncertainty".

"Up in the air" is an idiom of uncertainty.

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 by: henh...@gmail.com - Fri, 27 May 2022 18:13 UTC

On Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 3:35:08 AM UTC-7, CDB wrote:
> On 5/18/2022 4:21 PM, bruce bowser wrote:
> > keep (someone) guessing idiom Definition of "keep (someone)
> > guessing"
>
> > : to make it impossible (for someone) to know what will happen next
> > The many twists and turns in the plot will keep readers guessing
> > until the last page.
>
> > Merriam Webster --
> > https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20%28someone%29%20guessing#:~:text=Definition%20of%20keep%20(someone)%20guessing,guessing%20until%20the%20last%20page.
> I
> >
> checked to see whether M-W had called it an idiom (they had), because
> I don't really agree. It looks to me like a fairly straightforward way
> of saying "keep someone in a state of uncertainty".

..... none the wiser

>>> If you say that someone is none the wiser after an event or an explanation, or that nobody is any the wiser after it, you mean that they have failed to understand it, or are not fully aware of what happened.

________________

another Quasi-idiom or Almost-idiom (with related meaning ? ) is...

not know what hit (one)
=== To be extremely shocked, surprised, or confused by something.
--------- When my father passed away, I just didn't know what hit me.
--------- With this new strategy, our opponents won't know what hit them.

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