can't make heads or tails of



can't make heads or tails (out) of someone or something

Fig. [to be] unable to understand someone or something. (Also with cannot.) John is so strange. I can't make heads or tails of him. Do this report again. I can't make heads or tails out of it.
See also: head, make, of, tail

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Avdotya-Russian
Thoma-Old Church Slavic
BennoBE-noGerman
MagnusMAHNG-nus (Swedish), MAG-nəs (English)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Late Roman
Aalis-Medieval French
FÉLixFE-leeks (Portuguese)French, Spanish, Portuguese