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Idiom: "I can't make head or tail of it."



 
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Idiom: "I can't make head or tail of it." #1 (permalink) Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:29 am   Idiom: "I can't make head or tail of it."
 

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #136 "How to make exclamations", question 4

What on earth are you talking about? I can't make head or ......... of it.

(a) tail
(b) end
(c) finish
(d) part

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #136 "How to make exclamations", answer 4

What on earth are you talking about? I can't make head or tail of it.

Correct answer: (a) tail

Your answer was: ?
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to make tail of it
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I can't make head or tail of it #2 (permalink) Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:38 am   I can't make head or tail of it
 

Hi,

This expression:

What on earth are you talking about? I can't make head or tail of it means I cannot understand the top or the bottom of what you are saying. In other words I don't understand it at all.

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