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24 Nov 2020
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What does “ make heads or tails of” mean?
Is it a common slang term?
What does “ make heads or tails of” mean?
Is it a common slang term?
Is it a common slang term?
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@liu_jun Example sentence: “I can’t make heads or tails of this problem”, meaning I can’t understand this problem. It is usually used to state that there is difficulty understanding X thing. It is an idiom, but I don’t feel that it is used too often.
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