hide (n)or hair
hide (n)or hair
No sign or sight of something or someone. I haven't seen hide nor hair of our neighbor in weeks—I hope he's OK! Can you go check outside for the cat? I haven't seen hide or hair of her in hours.
See also: hair, hide
hide or hair
No trace or evidence of someone or something. I haven't seen hide or hair of Mary since this morning.
See also: hair, hide
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*(neither) hide nor hair
Cliché no sign or indication of someone or something. (*Typically: find ~; see ~.) We could find neither hide nor hair of him. I don't know where he is. There has been no one here. We found neither hide nor hair.
See also: hair, hide, nor
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
hide nor hair
A trace; a vestige: haven't seen hide nor hair of them since the argument.
See also: hair, hide, nor
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- drop (someone or something) on (someone or something)
- like a cat in a strange garret
- suck (someone or something) into (something)
- suck into
- come out at
- come out at an amount
- cool cat
- bury under
- bury under (something)
- conduct (someone or something) out of (some place)