Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “anyone’s/anybody’s guess“ and it is a phrase meaning “something that is very difficult to determine; it is not possible to know something; very difficult to predict.”
Example Sentence: The Government of Telangana has been exploring the possibility of expanding the purview of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) by merging together peripheral corporations and municipalities…Under such circumstances, it is anybody’s guess how the proposed merger can improve local governance. For robust local self-governance as envisaged by the 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments, there needs to be minimum interference from the State/Central governments in the functioning of local bodies. In the case of the GHMC or any other ULB in Telangana, there has always been a top-down approach.
This phrase is present in Not the right cure for urban maladies in Hyderabad, Telangana and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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