make head or tail of

Definition

To understand even minimally.

Example Sentences

• "See if you can make head or tail of the last section in this chapter. I'm baffled."
• "He was unable to make head or tail of some of the pattern-solving puzzles in the IQ test."
• "IT has been such a headliny week, what with [Nikita] Khrushchev and all, events moving swiftly, frenzied activity in a wide variety of fields, action and reaction, tests, blasts, notes and comments that nobody except the Alsop Brothers seem to be able to make head or tail of it in the modest compass of a small column."