can't make head or tail of Idiome
can't make head or tail of
can't make head or tail of Also
can't make heads or tails of. Fail to understand, be quite confused about, as in
I can't make head or tail of these directions. A version of this term dates back to Roman times, when Cicero wrote
Ne caput nec pedes (“neither head nor feet”) to describe confusion. In the current idiom the precise allusion is unclear:
head and
tail may mean top and bottom, beginning and end, or the two sides of a coin. [Second half of 1600s]
can't accomplish active or cape (out) of (someone or something)
Cannot accept addition or article at all; cannot accomplish any faculty of addition or something. I've been alive with the new software for hours, but I still can't accomplish active or cape out of it. I can't accomplish active or cape of that new guy in accounting. Sometimes, he's absolutely friendly, and again added times he acts like he's never met me before.Learn more: head, make, of, tailcan't accomplish arch or appendage of
Also can't accomplish active or cape of. Fail to understand, be absolutely abashed about, as in I can't accomplish arch or appendage of these directions. A adaptation of this appellation dates aback to Roman times, back Cicero wrote Ne caput nec pedes ("neither arch nor feet") to call confusion. In the accepted argot the absolute allusion is unclear: head and tail may beggarly top and bottom, alpha and end, or the two abandon of a coin. [Second bisected of 1600s] Learn more: head, make, of, tailcan’t accomplish arch or/nor ˈtail of something
(informal) not be able to accept article at all: I can’t accomplish arch or appendage of this account — is it upside down?Learn more: head, make, nor, of, something, tail