make head or tail of

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21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: no té ni cap ni peus — understand even minimally
• Chinese Cantonese: 唔知頭唔知路 /唔知头唔知路 (m4 zi1 tau4 m4 zi1 lou6) — understand even minimally
• Czech: to nedává ani hlavu ani patu — understand even minimally
• Finnish: ei päätä eikä häntää — understand even minimally
• Finnish: ei löytää päätä eikä häntää — understand even minimally
• Finnish: ymmärtää mitään — understand even minimally
• Finnish: ymmärtää ollenkaan — understand even minimally
• German: sich einen Reim darauf machen — understand even minimally
• Hungarian: kihámoz/kihoz belőle (valamit) — understand even minimally
• Hungarian: eligazodik (rajta) — understand even minimally
• Hungarian: kiokoskodik — understand even minimally
• Hungarian: zöld ágra vergődik (vele) — understand even minimally
• Hungarian: egy szót/kukkot ért belőle (se/sem) — understand even minimally
• Hungarian: se füle, se farka (nincs a számára) — understand even minimally
• Italian: venirne a capo — understand even minimally
• Polish: połapać się — understand even minimally
• Polish: siedzieć jak na tureckim kazaniu — understand even minimally
• Scottish Gaelic: dèan bun no bàrr — understand even minimally
• Spanish: sacar lo que el negro del sermón — understand even minimally
• Spanish: no ver ni pies ni cabeza a — understand even minimally
• Spanish: no encontrar ni pies ni cabeza a — understand even minimally