can't make anything out (of something)
can't make anything out (of something)
To fail or be unable to understand, decipher, or make sense (of something). I tried reading the hieroglyphs on the ancient tablet, but it was so worn that I couldn't make anything out. See if you can figure out what this contract is saying—I can't make anything out of all this legal mumbo jumbo.
See also: anything, make, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- not able to make anything out
- not able to make anything out (of something)
- can't make heads nor tails of (someone or something)
- not able to make head nor tail (out) of (something)
- not able to make head or tail (out) of (something)
- not able to make head or tail of
- not able to make heads nor tails (out) of (something)
- not able to make heads or tails (out) of (something)
- be another of life's great mysteries
- an open book