get arms around

get your arms around something

to feel confident that you have a good understanding of something that is complicated There are so many different aspects of the energy situation that it's hard to get your arms around it.

Related vocabulary: get your mind around something

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
LÉO	le-O	French
Abidemi	-	Western African, Yoruba
Hippokrates	-	Ancient Greek
Darja	-	Slovene, Czech
Marieke	mah-REE-kə	Dutch
Miroslava	mee-rah-SLAH-vah (Russian)	Czech, Slovak, Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic