crystal ball
noun/ˌkrɪstl ˈbɔːl/
/ˌkrɪstl ˈbɔːl/
- a clear glass ball used by people who claim they can predict what will happen in the future by looking into it
- Without a crystal ball, it's impossible to say where we'll be next year.
- I can’t look into my crystal ball and tell you what will happen!
- I don’t know if it will work—I don’t have a crystal ball.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + crystal ball- gaze into
- look into
- have
- …
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