fail to see

fail to see

To be incapable of understanding or unwilling to accept something. Mary, I fail to see what your fear of spiders has to do with your unwillingness to go on this trip. Congressman, I fail to see how your opponent, as you claim, is in any way responsible for the economic slump in your state.
See also: fail, see
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • Iraqnophobia
  • put (something) past (someone)
  • pink elephants
  • seem
  • can't seem to
  • neither can (one)
  • Neither can I
  • thrust (someone or something) on (someone or something)
  • thrust on
  • be the last (person) to (do something)
References in periodicals archive
The editor who thinks a savage attack on the vice president of the United States is hilarious may fail to see the humor when the victim is a city council member or major advertiser he'll be sitting beside at tomorrow's Rotary breakfast.
Why political cartoonists sell out; in the rave for national fame, they ignore what matters at home