make head or tail of
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As upsetting as this is, I really can’t make head or tail of it.
From Salon • Dec. 2, 2016
Who can make head or tail of what goes on in the scenes for Princess Pirlipat and the mice in Act II?
From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2015
Not one of them could make head or tail of the problem: "The common external tangent of two tangent circles of radii 8 inches and 2 inches is � ."
From Time Magazine Archive
When C-day finally arrived last week, many Aussies still could not make head or tail of the new money.
From Time Magazine Archive
I still can’t make head or tail of Peter.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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