John doesn't make sense.
•What John says makes sense to me.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
make sense — {v. phr.} 1. To be something you can understand or explain; not be difficult or strange. * /The explanation in the school book made no sense because the words were hard./ Compare: MAKE HEAD OR TAIL OF. 2. To seem right to do; sound reasonable or… … Dictionary of American idioms
make sense of — (something) to understand something. The community is trying to make sense of the tragedy … New idioms dictionary
make sense — ► make sense be intelligible, justifiable, or practicable. Main Entry: ↑sense … English terms dictionary
make sense of — ► make sense of find meaning or coherence in. Main Entry: ↑sense … English terms dictionary
make sense — index cohere (be logically consistent) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make sense of — index elucidate, interpret Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make sense — verb a) To be coherent or reasonable. The thing doesn’t make sense to me. b) To decipher or understand. Somehow the combination didn’t make sense, but Cranston took it at face value, whatever that was worth … Wiktionary
make\ sense — v. phr. 1. To be something you can understand or explain; not be difficult or strange. The explanation in the school book made no sense because the words were hard. Compare: make head or tail of 2. To seem right to do; sound reasonable or… … Словарь американских идиом
make sense of — If you make sense of something, you understand it or find the meaning. I couldn t make sense of the instructions … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
make sense of it — understand it, fathom it, see how it happened He is my father, but I am not his son. Can you make sense of it? … English idioms
