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• cannot make head nor tail of something — cannot make head nor/or/tail of something informal phrase used for saying that you cannot understand something at all Thesaurus: ways of saying that you do not know or understandsynonym Main entry: head …   Useful english dictionary

• cannot make head or tail of something — cannot make head nor/or/tail of something informal phrase used for saying that you cannot understand something at all Thesaurus: ways of saying that you do not know or understandsynonym Main entry: head …   Useful english dictionary

• cannot make head or tail of it — cannot figure it out, cannot understand it, cannot fathom it …   English contemporary dictionary

• cannot make head or tail of — cannot understand, cannot fathom …   English contemporary dictionary

• you cannot make bricks without straw — Nothing can be made or performed without the necessary materials. Frequently used as a metaphorical phrase, to make bricks without straw. A (misapplied) allusion to EXODUS V. 7 (AV) Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs — Cf. Fr. on ne fait pas d’omelette sans casser des œufs, one does not make an omelette without breaking eggs. 1859 T. P. THOMPSON Audi Alteram Partem II. xc. We are walking upon eggs and..the omelet will not be made without the breaking of some.… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• make — see make hay while the sun shines as you make your bed, so you must lie upon it you cannot make bricks without straw clothes make the man make haste slowly if you don’t make mistakes you don’t make anything …   Proverbs new dictionary

• make — I [[t]me͟ɪk[/t]] CARRYING OUT AN ACTION ♦ makes, making, made (Make is used in a large number of expressions which are explained under other words in this dictionary. For example, the expression to make sense is explained at sense .) 1) VERB You… …   English dictionary

• make out — verb 1. detect with the senses (Freq. 8) The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards I can t make out the faces in this photograph • Syn: ↑spot, ↑recognize, ↑recognise, ↑distinguish, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• make the grade — verb To prove satisfactory; to be successful or worthy of merit. In 1916 the famed Van Sweringen brothers bought their first railroad the Nickel Plate. . . . This year, as usual, the tarnished Nickel Plate cannot make the grade. In first seven… …   Wiktionary

• make a living — earn enough money to live He cannot make a living by only doing a part time job …   Idioms and examples