the sixty-four thousand dollar question
be a question of time
be certain to happen sooner or later
the sixty-four thousand dollar question
something that is not known and on which a great deal depends
This expression dates from the 1940s and was originally the sixty-four dollar question from a question posed for the top prize in a broadcast quiz show.
1996 - Independent - Will conversion make the society a better business? That is the $64,000 question.
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