Idiom
make head or tail of
Meaning
To understand even minimally.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I cannot make head or tail of these instructions.”
“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.”
Examples
simple
“I cannot make head or tail of these instructions.”
contextual
“The handwriting on the old map was so messy that I could not make head or tail of the directions.”
complex
“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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