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What is the meaning of the phrase 'not able to make heads or tails of it'?
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Not being able to make heads or tails of something means that it is ambiguous, puzzling, or unclear.
If you can't make heads or tails of something it means you don't understand or can't recognize what it is. Usually used in describing a situation or complicated instructions like when you're building a model plane or Swedish furniture.
If you toss a coin, it will either come up "heads" (with the person's head facing up) or "tails" (with whatever symbol is on the other side of the head). If you "can't make it out," then you can't tell which side is up - or, in plain English, you can't understand the situation.
making heads or tails of something means that you cant really understand it for example if someone said i cant make heads or tails in this math class
It means unable to understand something or someone. For example, I could not make a heads or tail from your report. Another example is , I could not make a heads or tail of John.
From the lighter side: But to answer the question- no, I can't.
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What does to make heads or tails of something mean?
The image is of flipping a coin and not being able to tell if it comes up "heads" or "tails." You say this when you can't figure something out at all, as in "I just can't make heads or tails out of this report; can you rewrite it so that it makes more sense?"It means that you cannot understand something. Some thing that is really tough to understand. Some thing strange.
Not able to make heads?
= not able to make heads =
How do you spell phrase-able?
The spelling may be "phrasable" or "phraseable" meaning "able to be phrased" but it is not a word included in abridged dictionaries.
What is a 2001 penny that has tails on both sides but has been stamped on one side with a heads also?
You might have a flip-over double-strike which would bring several dollars from an error collector, but you should be able to see at least a trace of heads and tails on both sides. If the tails image that is on the heads side is reversed, it is possible that someone laid another coin on top of yours and hit it with a hammer. If that's what happened you just have a damaged coin. Someone familiar with minting errors would have to examine it to be sure.
What is the meaning for the phrase we've golden soil and wealth for toil?
The meaning for the phrase we've golden soil and weather for toil relates to the ability a farmer to raise his crop. This phrase takes about fertile fields and the weather to be able to produce a bountiful crop.
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The phrase, cowboy up, is used as a shorthand method of saying, "Be quiet and stop whining". This phrase is typically used when a situation has become painfully or difficult, but is able to be endured.
What are animals with prehensil?
Animals with prehensile tails are animals whose tails are able to grip.
Is silver faster than tails?
well maybe because tails barely runs so he might be able to beat tails
Why would a substance not be able to pass through a membrane by diffusion?
Water cannot diffuse a plasma membrane because of the fact that the phosphate heads of the phospholipids are hydrophilic, the hydrocarbon tails of the phospholipids are hydrophobic, meaning they repel water. The bilayer phospholipid model of the plasma membrane shows that the phophates face outward on either side of the membrane and the lipid tails are in the middle of the bilayer.
Why are worms able to regrow their tails?
Because they are supperheroes
Can you replace the heads on an old vcr?
You can not replace the heads easily, only a trained technician will be able to repair the heads for you.
How much money are cockatrices heads worth in runescape?
Cockatrice heads are not able to be sold on runescape's grand exchange. They are also not able to be traded.
