jury is still out on someone or something.

jury is still out on someone or something.
The jury is still out on someone or something.
Fig. a decision has not been reached on someone or something; the people making the decision on someone or something have not yet decided. •

The jury is still out on Jane. We don't know what we are going to do about her.

The jury is still out on the question of building a new parking lot.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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