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make head or tail of

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Alternative forms

make heads or tails of(US)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Verb

make head or tail of (third-person singular simple presentmakes head or tail of,present participlemaking head or tail of,simple past and past participlemade head or tail of)

(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative, withcan't/cannot) Tounderstand even minimally.
Antonyms:make head nor tail of,make neither head nor tail of
See if you canmake head or tail of the last section in this chapter. I'm baffled.
He was unable tomake head or tail of some of the pattern-solving puzzles in the IQ test.
To determine to be good or bad.

Translations

understand even minimally

Catalan:no té ni cap ni peus(literally“it has neither head nor feet”)
Chinese:
Mandarin:please add this translation if you can
Czech:to nedává ani hlavu ani patu(only negative)
Finnish:ei päätä eikä häntää,ei löytää päätäeikä häntää(always negative),ymmärtää mitään,ymmärtää ollenkaan
French:^{(pleaseverify)}y comprendre quelque chose(affirmative),^{(pleaseverify)}ne rien y comprendre(negative),^{(pleaseverify)}n’avoir ni queue ni tête (fr)(only negative)
German:sich einen Reim darauf machen
Hungarian:kihámoz/kihoz belőle (valamit),eligazodik (rajta),kiokoskodik (hu),zöld ágra vergődik (vele),(normally in the negative)egy szót/kukkot (se/sem)ért belőle,(in the negative)se füle, se farka (nincs a számára)
Italian:venirne a capo
Polish:połapać się pf,siedzieć jak na tureckim kazaniu (pl) impf
Scottish Gaelic:dèan bun no bàrr
Spanish:sacar lo que el negro del sermón (es),no ver ni pies ni cabeza a,no encontrar ni pies ni cabeza a

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