AEE 2400: I Have No Clue! How to Say You Don't Know in English

AEE 2400: I Have No Clue! How to Say You Don't Know in English

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San山
San山
2025.5.01
Other ways of saying"Your guess is as good as mine"
1️⃣beats me
A: Where's the restaurant?
B: Beats me.
A: I'll look it up.
2️⃣No clue
A: What should we get for Lyndsay's birthday?
B: No clue. Let's look online together.
3️⃣I have no idea(direct, standard, more common)
A: Why does she call us?
B: I have no idea.
🧐Role play
A: Which graph should we use?
B: Beats me, the third one?
A: Yeah, that's probably good.
B: How did they say we have to complete this again?
A: Er…no clue, a week maybe?
B: I think so.
A: Why only a week, this is a huge project.
B: Your guess is as good as mine.
A: Seems unfair.
B: I know.
San山
San山
2025.5.01
How to say "you don't know" in English
Your guess is as good as mine.
👏Used when confused, tru to indicate you don't know, I don't know, a little clueless.
Role Play
A: When does the sale end?
B: Your guess is as good as mine.(funny way:"how would I know?""Why would I know more than you?")
A: We can call and ask.

A: How many table glass do we need for the event?
B: Your guess is as good as mine.
👏This might indicate that we don't have the event on control. We don't know how many people are coming. Things are like chaotic.
🧐If you were the party organizer for this event, you probably won't say "Your guess is as good as mine." It feels like you lack of competence.
📕This way is totally fine for the situation which you guys for sure you shouldn't know but you try to figure out together.