your guess is as good as mine

I don't know any more than you do, as in As for when he'll arrive, your guess is as good as mine. [1920s]

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youngling, youngster, youngstown, younker, your, your guess is as good as mine, yourcenar, yourn, yours, yours truly, yourself

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