I don't have a clue about where to start looking for Jim.
•Why do you think I have a clue about Tom's disappearance?
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
have a clue — (not) have a clue informal to have no knowledge of or no information about something. How much do houses cost in Yorkshire? I haven t got a clue. Internet researchers in the 1980s didn t have a clue about the exciting online landscapes of the… … New idioms dictionary
not have a clue — If you don t have a clue about something, you don t know anything about it. My wife s grandmother s maiden name? I don t have a clue! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
have a clue usu. with negative — informal know about something or about how to do something. → cluck over/around … English new terms dictionary
not have a clue — informal 1) to not know or understand something Do you know where St Paul Street is? I m sorry, I don t have a clue. I haven t got a clue what you re talking about. 2) to be extremely stupid or extremely bad at doing something They don t have a… … English dictionary
not have a clue — to have no knowledge or information about something. The guy doesn t have a clue what forestry is all about. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form have a clue: Before most doctors have a clue about what a new drug can do, it s being sold to the … New idioms dictionary
not have a clue — (not) have a clue informal to have no knowledge of or no information about something. How much do houses cost in Yorkshire? I haven t got a clue. Internet researchers in the 1980s didn t have a clue about the exciting online landscapes of the… … New idioms dictionary
clue — clue1 [ klu ] noun count ** 1. ) an object or fact that someone discovers that helps them solve a crime or mystery: search for/look for/find a clue: Detectives were brought in to help search for clues. clue to/as to/about: Police still have no… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
clue — [[t]klu͟ː[/t]] clues 1) N COUNT: oft N to n A clue to a problem or mystery is something that helps you to find the answer to it. Geneticists in Canada have discovered a clue to the puzzle of why our cells get old and die... How a man shaves may… … English dictionary
Something Might Happen — (2003) is a novel by Julie Myerson about a murder in a small English seaside town and how it affects the community as well as friends and family of the murder victim. The story is not a whodunnit although it incorporates various elements of the… … Wikipedia
clue — clue1 S2 [klu:] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: clew ball of string (11 19 centuries), from Old English cliewen; from the use of a ball of string for finding the way out of a network of passages] 1.) an object or piece of information that helps… … Dictionary of contemporary English
clue — 1 noun (C) 1 an object or piece of information that helps someone solve a crime or mystery: He didn t know who had sent the letter, and the envelope provided no clue. (+ to/about): We now have a clue to the time at which the murder took place. |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
