I cannot make head or tail of these instructions.
make head or tail of
idiomTo understand even minimally.
The handwriting on the old map was so messy that I could not make head or tail of the directions.
Despite reading the complex legal document several times, the student could not make head or tail of the convoluted clauses regarding the property transfer.
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bang one's head against a brick wall
To waste effort on a futile project.
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bash someone's head
To beat up someone violently.
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big head
An inflated ego, an exaggerated belief in one's own importance.
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bite someone's head off
To severely berate someone.
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blow someone's head off
To shoot someone in the head.
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bury one's head in the sand
To deliberately ignore the reality of a situation; to pretend a problem does not exist.
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cannot make it
Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.
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chase one's tail
To busily try to perform many tasks or to repeatedly revise one's plans, especially with inefficient use of one's time and limited results.