crystal ball, look into one's

See into the future. The fortune-teller’s crystal ball probably predates the term’s appearance in print by a good many years. An early instance is in Robert Browning’s Men and Women (1855): “The sights in a magic crystal ball.”

词组	crystal ball, look into one's
释义	crystal ball, look into one's crystal ball, look into one's See into the future. The fortune-teller’s crystal ball probably predates the term’s appearance in print by a good many years. An early instance is in Robert Browning’s Men and Women (1855): “The sights in a magic crystal ball.” See also: crystal, look The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: a crystal ball crystal ball albatross (one) (has) never had it so good lucky at cards, unlucky in love a crystal set crystal set every flow has its ebb every flow must have its ebb small fortune
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