can't make head or/nor tail of something

can't make head nor tail of (someone or something)

Cannot understand someone or something at all; cannot make any sense of someone or something. I've been working with the new software for hours, but I still can't make head nor tail of it. I can't make head nor tail of that new guy in accounting. Sometimes, he's really friendly, and then other times he acts like he's never met me before.

can't make head or tail of

Also can't make heads or tails of. Fail to understand, be quite confused about, as in I can't make head or tail of these directions. A version of this term dates back to Roman times, when Cicero wrote Ne caput nec pedes ("neither head nor feet") to describe confusion. In the current idiom the precise allusion is unclear: head and tail may mean top and bottom, beginning and end, or the two sides of a coin. [Second half of 1600s]

can’t make head or/nor ˈtail of something

(informal) not be able to understand something at all: I can’t make head or tail of this picture — is it upside down?

See also: head, make, nor, of, something, tail

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

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can't make head nor tail of (someone or something)
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can't make heads or tails (out) of (someone or something)
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I can't even
can't even
cannot
cannot but
(Are) you kidding (me)?

词组	can't make head or/nor tail of something
释义	can't make head or/nor tail of something can't make head nor tail of (someone or something) Cannot understand someone or something at all; cannot make any sense of someone or something. I've been working with the new software for hours, but I still can't make head nor tail of it. I can't make head nor tail of that new guy in accounting. Sometimes, he's really friendly, and then other times he acts like he's never met me before. See also: head, make, nor, of, tail Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. can't make head or tail of Also can't make heads or tails of. Fail to understand, be quite confused about, as in I can't make head or tail of these directions. A version of this term dates back to Roman times, when Cicero wrote Ne caput nec pedes ("neither head nor feet") to describe confusion. In the current idiom the precise allusion is unclear: head and tail may mean top and bottom, beginning and end, or the two sides of a coin. [Second half of 1600s] See also: head, make, of, tail The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. can’t make head or/nor ˈtail of something (informal) not be able to understand something at all: I can’t make head or tail of this picture — is it upside down? See also: head, make, nor, of, something, tail Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: cannot make head or tail of something can't make head nor tail of (someone or something) can't make head or tail of can't make heads or tails (out) of (someone or something) can't make heads or tails of I can't even can't even cannot cannot but (Are) you kidding (me)?
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