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Kennis en Begrip - Gebrek aan begrip

Ontdek Engelse idiomen over een gebrek aan begrip met voorbeelden als "helder als modder" en "kop of staart van maken".

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English idioms related to Knowledge & Understanding
to use one's head

to carefully consider the facts of a situation in order to understand something, make a decision, or solve a problem

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Definitie & Betekenis van "to [use] {one's} [head|noodle|naggin]"
out of one's depth

in a very nervous or frustrating state of mind in face of a problem or situation one knows very little or nothing about

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Definitie & Betekenis van "out of {one's} depth"
your guess is as good as mine

said when one does not have a definite answer to a particular question, similar to the questioner

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to get the wrong end of the stick

to fail to understand or interpret or understand something correctly

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Definitie & Betekenis van "to [get|have] the wrong end of the stick"
to not know beans about something

to have no information regarding a particular subject

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Definitie & Betekenis van "to {not} [know] beans about {sth}"
for the life of somebody

used when one is incapable of understanding or remembering a particular thing

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Definitie & Betekenis van "for the life of {sb}"
closed book

someone or something one knows very little or nothing about

een gesloten boek, een raadsel

een gesloten boek, een raadsel

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Definitie & Betekenis van "closed book"
(as) clear as mud

used to describe something that is complicated due to not being clearly described or shown

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Definitie & Betekenis van "(as|) clear as mud"
not know one's ass from one's elbow

to be incapable of understanding even the simplest concepts

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Definitie & Betekenis van "{not} [know] {one's} ass from {one's} elbow"
final frontier

the limits of human knowledge or understanding, representing areas that remain unknown or unexplored

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in a fog

confused and unable to think clearly

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to wrap one's head around something

to fully understand something difficult, complicated, or strange

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Definitie & Betekenis van "to [wrap] {one's} [head|mind|brain] around {sth}"
to make head or tail (out) of somebody or something

to make an attempt to understand someone or something that is puzzling

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