[Idiom] CAN'T MAKE HEADS OR TAILS OF IT. - Enhance Your Expression of Confusion
Can't make heads or tails of it.
Confused or unable to understand.
If you "can't make heads or tails of it," you’re admitting you can’t understand something at all, as if trying to distinguish between the head and the tail of a coin but finding it impossible. It denotes a high level of confusion, like trying to make sense of a completely foreign concept.
Example Sentences
I've been looking at this data all day, but I can't make heads or tails of it.
I've looked at this data all day but can't understand it.
She stared at the painting, confused, as she couldn't make heads or tails of its meaning.
She was confused by the painting's meaning.
John threw the instructions away because he couldn't make heads or tails of how to assemble the desk.
John discarded the instructions because he couldn't understand how to assemble the desk.