to have neither head nor foot (also feet) and variants: to be unintelligible or nonsensical, to make no sense. Cf. head or tail at phrases 3r(a). Obs…
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > offering nothing intelligible [phrase] (3) to have neither head nor foot (also feet)1567 to have neither head nor foot (also feet) and variants: to be unintelligible or nonsensical, to make no sense. Cf. head or tail at phrases 3r(a). Obs… (as) clear as mud1805 (as) clear as mud: †(a) used as an intensifier (cf. phrases 2b) (obsolete); (b) not clear at all; completely unintelligible. top or tail- top‥tail. top or tail, also top, tail, or mane (root), (in negative statements), any part; anything definite or intelligible; head or tail. |
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