You Never Can Tell

Also, you never know. Perhaps, possibly, one can't be certain, as in You never can tell, it might turn into a beautiful day, or You may yet win the lottery--you never know. The first term uses tell in the sense of "discern," a usage dating from the late 1300s; the variant dates from the mid-1800s.

You Never Can Tell (1899), a play by George Bernard Shaw, written in 1895-6, celebrating, as the title indicates, life's surprises, contradictions, and ever-changingness.

You Never Can Tell may refer to:

• You Never Can Tell (play), a play by G. Bernard Shaw
• "You Never Can Tell" (song), a song by Chuck Berry
• You Never Can Tell (1920 film), a romantic comedy starring Jack Mulhall
• You Never Can Tell (1951 film), a comedy starring Dick Powell

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