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make neither head nor tail of

[make neither head nor tail of] {v. phr.}

To be unable to figure something out.

/This puzzle is so complicated that I can make neither head nor tail of it./

Compare: HEADS OR TAILS.

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates © 2010

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