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Knowledge & Understanding - Lack of Understanding

Explore English idioms regarding a lack of understanding with examples like "clear as mud" and "make head or tail of".

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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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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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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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to not know beans about sth

to have no information regarding a particular subject

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for the life of sb

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

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closed book

someone or something one knows very little or nothing about

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(as) clear as mud

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

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not know one's ass from one's elbow

to be incapable of understanding even the simplest concepts

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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 sth

to fully understand something difficult, complicated, or strange

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to make head or tail (out) of sb/sth

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

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