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can't make head nor tail of

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can't make head nor/or tail of something
to not be able to understand something at all We couldn't make head or tail of the film. 'What does his message say?' 'I don't know - I can't make head or tail of it.'
See also: head, make, nor, tail


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The fact is, where you strike one man in the English settlements that you can understand, you wade through awful swarms that talk something you can't make head nor tail of.
Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven by Twain, Mark View in context
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