Phrase guide

hide nor hair

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A trace, indication, or evidence, especially of a person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, uncountable

Examples

  • He retired last June, and his coworkers have seen neither hide nor hair of him since.
  • 1982, Richard Schickel, "Flesh and Flash" (review of Cat People), Time, 5 Apr., No rational explanation for her lamentable condition is advanced, neither hide nor hair of a leopard is ever spotted, and certainly no scene in which woman literally turns into cat, or vice versa, is ever played.

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History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Macedonian: ни трага ни глас (ni traga ni glas) — trace
  • Polish: ani widu, ani słychu — trace
  • Russian: ни слуху, ни духу (ni sluxu, ni duxu) — trace