not make a lick of sense

not make a lick of sense

1. To be totally incoherent or incomprehensible. The movie's action scenes were very exciting, but its plot didn't make a lick of sense. Math has never made a lick of sense to me. It feels like I'm looking at a foreign language!

2. To not seem at all practical or a good idea. You want to spend a day and a half riding a train to get there, instead of just taking a three-hour flight? I'm sorry, but that doesn't make a lick of sense to me.

See also: lick, make, not, of, sense

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