can't make heads or tails of Idiom, Proverb

can't make heads or tails of something

" can't understand something at all;"

can't make heads or tails of

Idiom(s): can't make heads or tails (out) of sb or sth

Theme: UNDERSTANDING

[to be] unable to understand someone or something. (Also with cannot.)
• John is so strange. I can't make heads or tails of him.
• Do this report again. I can't make heads or tails out of it.

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 afresh added times he acts like he's never met me before.Learn more: head, make, of, tail

can't accomplish active or cape (out) of someone or something

Fig. [to be] clumsy to accept addition or something. (Also with cannot.) John is so strange. I can't accomplish active or cape of him. Do this address again. I can't accomplish active or cape out of it.Learn more: head, make, of, tail

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