Learn English – May I say “Time will tell you [something]”

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I am learning how to cook Japanese and Thai food. Some of us have just begun apprenticeship. My master (an experienced cook. He was from Middlesbrough) taught me how to make sushi more than several times, but I just failed to do it. He did not blame me but told me to practise it more.
I told him

Thank you for your kindness, master. I will do my best and keep practising. Time will tell you that I am a good cook.

Best Answer

The correct proverb is "(Only) time will tell", not time will tell you.

It means that you will know the outcome, truth, or correctness of something after a period of time or sooner or later. For examples:

I don't know if their marriage will be successful. Only time will tell.

Only time will tell whether we made the right decision.