Communication
a guessing game
uncertain situation
A situation in which you do not know the answer and have to guess.
Hear it in real life
Any idea when the parcel will get here?
Not really. The tracking updates are a bit of a guessing game.
Without a timetable, working out the bus time is a guessing game.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We were guessing the game about when the bus would arrive.
Say: It was a guessing game trying to work out when the bus would arrive.
Use “a guessing game” to describe a situation where you have to guess because useful information is missing.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be a guessing game; turn into a guessing game; make something a guessing game
Your turn: say it out loud
Without a timetable, working out the bus time is a guessing game.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
a guessing game
uncertain situation
“Without a timetable, working out the bus time is a guessing game.”
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