Can't make head nor tail (out) of something / someone

Meaning:

Not be able to understand

If you can't make head nor tail (out) of something or someone, you can't understand it/him/her at all.

Example:

Could you show me how to use this machine? I can't make head nor tail out of the instructions in the manual.

Bob is a very strange guy. Everything he says and does is very strange. I cannot make head nor tail of him.


Picture:

This picture was electronically drawn by Erika Aoyama on August 30, 2003.

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Last modified on September 17, 2003