crystal ball

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crystal ball

–noun

1.	a ball of clear crystal, glass, or the like, used in crystal gazing.

2.	a method or means of predicting the future.

Origin:
1850–55

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crystal ball
n.

A globe of quartz crystal or glass in which images, especially those believed to portend the future, are supposedly visible to fortune tellers.
A vehicle or technique for making predictions.

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crystal ball

A means of predicting the future, as in So what does your crystal ball say about the coming election? The term is a figurative use of the crystal or glass ball used by fortune-tellers. [c. 1900]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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