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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
See also: arm, around, get

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
BogusŁAwabaw-guw-SWAH-vahPolish
Thiemo-German, Dutch, Ancient Germanic
Payne[pein]
Chinweike-Western African, Igbo
Fikriyya-Arabic
CephasSEE-fəs (English)Biblical, Biblical Latin
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