Meaning of "There's no saying" and "think up next"

English as a Second Language English Teacher Explanations (ESL Tests)
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Test No. [color=blue]incompl/elem-30 “Responses (3)”, question 9

Mike: ‘You just can’t believe what they’ll think up next, can you?’
Jane: ‘…’

(a) There’s no believing.
(b) There’s no crediting.
(c) There’s no saying.
(d) There’s no announcing.

Test No. [color=blue]incompl/elem-30 “Responses (3)”, answer 9

Mike: ‘You just can’t believe what they’ll think up next, can you?’
Jane: ‘There’s no saying.’

Correct answer: (c) There’s no saying.

Your answer was: [color=red]incorrect
Mike: ‘You just can’t believe what they’ll think up next, can you?’
Jane: ‘There’s no believing.’
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Dear Teachers,

Please explain both expressions.

Thnaks
rich7

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[color=blue]There’s no saying means you are speechless and can’t say anything to describe what is going on.

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Please forget the answer and explain me what does the sentence means? speacially “think up next”

Thanks

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Hi Blazya

To me the sentence means “It’s difficult to imagine or anticipate what sort of creative or unusual ideas they will have next.”

Does that help?

Amy

PS
The blue part of the quote is a correction of your question.

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Hi Yankee, your explanation was very good, indeed, thank you!! I dond know what ill think up next, Do you? Is it OK?

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so, what does “that is no saying” actually mean?

did “yo” provide the right answer?

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Hi

The idiom “there’s no saying” means that ‘it is not possible to anticipate or judge something’ or simply ‘it is not possible to say’.

I think yo’s explanation fits the first test sentence (Mike). “You just can’t believe what they’ll think up next” means that whenever they think something up, it’s hardly possible to believe what they’ve done or thought of doing. What they do is always so surprising/unexpected/unimaginable that you may well end up speechless.

Therefore, Jane’s response is to agree that it’s not possible to anticipate or imagine what they will do next: “There’s no saying (what they will do next).”
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hey, what does " there’s no crediting "means ?

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Hi Torsten;
Think up means create or initiate?

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Hello,
Could you explain me, why don’t we use “There’s no believing”? When should we use it?
Thank you in advance.

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Nice :slight_smile:

I’m enjoying this discussion a lot…