make heads or tails of someone or something

make heads or tails of someone or something
make heads or tails of someone or something
Fig. to understand someone or something that someone has said. (Usually with the negative.) •

I can't make heads or tails of Fred.

No one can make heads or tails of this problem.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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