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用法学习: 1. white elephant 大而无用的东西 An expensive but useless possession. Albino elephants are extremely rare, and any born in Siam became the property of the king. These favored specimens were not allowed to be worked or to be killed without the royal permission. As the story goes, the king often perversely gave a white elephant to a courtier ( 大臣 a person who attends a royal court as a companion or adviser to the king or queen. Historically the court was the centre of government as well as the residence of the monarch, and the social and political life were often completely mixed together. ) who had fallen out of favor 失宠, just so the nobleman would spend a small fortune maintaining the useless gift for the rest of its life. Rummage sales(a sale of miscellaneous secondhand articles, typically held in order to raise money for a charity or a special event. wiki: A jumble sale, bring and buy sale (U.K, Australia, occasionally Canada) or rummage sale (U.S and Canada) is an event at which second hand goods are sold, usually by an institution such as a local Boys' Brigade Company, Scout group, or religious institution such as a church, as a fundraising or charitable effort. A rummage sale by a church is called a church sale or white elephant sale, frequently as part of a church bazaar.) in which people donate items for which they (and possibly no one else) have no use 百无一用, 没用, 无用 are often called "white elephant sales." seeing pink elephants/snakes/spiders 开始变得清醒 intoxicated; recovering from a drinking bout; having the delirium tremens. When I got to the point of seeing pink elephants, I knew that something had to be done. The old one who's shaking—he's probably seeing snakes. see the elephant Experience more than one wants to, learn a hard lesson; also, see combat, especially for the first time. For example, After the expedition lost two climbers in an avalanche, they had seen the elephant and turned back, or On his first tour of duty he saw the elephant. This slangy expression, first recorded in 1835, alludes to having seen all the sights one can see, including that rare beast, and returning home unimpressed or disappointed. elephant in the room An obvious truth or fact, especially one regarded as embarrassing or undesirable, that is being intentionally ignored or left unaddressed. A matter or problem that is obvious or of great importance but that is not discussed openly. We all sat sipping our tea quietly; no one wanting to bring up the elephant in the room about Joel's expulsion from college. 2. A synchrotron 同步加速器 is a particular type of cyclic particle accelerator, descended from the cyclotron, in which the guiding magnetic field (bending the particles into a closed path) is time-dependent, being synchronized to a particle beam of increasing kinetic energy . The synchrotron is one of the first accelerator concepts to enable the construction of large-scale facilities, since bending, beam focusing and acceleration can be separated into different components. The most powerful modern particle accelerators use versions of the synchrotron design. The largest synchrotron-type accelerator is the 27 kilometre (17 mi) circumference Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near Geneva, Switzerland, built in 2008 by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). 3. ABC剧 - Utopia: I am warning you. If this kind of haphazard ( [hæpˈhæzə(r)d] 毫无规划的, 说一出是一出的, 东一榔头西一棒槌的. 一会儿东一会儿西的. done in a way that does not seem to be carefully planned or organized. random; chaotic; incomplete; not thorough, constant, or consistent. Do not make such haphazard changes to the settings; instead, adjust the knobs carefully, a bit at a time. ) scattergun ( scattergun = scattershot 乱打抢的, 漫无目的的, 没有目标的, 无头苍蝇似的 referring to a way of doing or dealing with something by considering many different possibilities, people, etc. in a way that is not well organized. The scattergun approach to marketing means that the campaign is not targeted at particular individuals. ) approach 作风, 做事风格 keeps going. I go. OK, stick with the stadium继续做体育馆吧, let us know when you are ready to talk turkey( To talk or negotiate plainly, frankly, or seriously. to ​discuss something ​honestly and ​directly. to talk business; to talk frankly. Okay, Bob, we have business to discuss. Let's talk turkey. John wanted to talk turkey, but Jane just wanted to joke around. to talk serious business; to talk frankly. We've got to sit down and talk turkey—get this thing wrapped up. It's time to talk turkey and quit messing around.). drive beyond headlights = overdrive one's headlight 开太快, 开快车. Your headlights only reach a certain distance. When you drive a speed that takes longer than that distance to stop then it's said you're overdriving your headlights. That speed will be much lower in bad weather as rain, fog and snow can greatly reduce the distance you can see and may increase the distance it takes to stop. Overdriving your headlights means not being able to stop inside the illuminated area ahead. It is difficult to judge other vehicles' speeds and distances at night. Do not overdrive your headlights—it creates a blind "crash area" in front of your vehicle. You are overdriving your headlights when you go so fast that your stopping distance is farther than you can see with your headlights. This is a dangerous thing to do, because you may not give yourself enough room to make a safe stop. whack I. 打到. 撞到. to hit someone or something with a lot of force. I whacked my knee getting out of the car. Some kids were whacking the tree with sticks. He whacked his little sister on the head with a spoon. II. 搁, 丢, 扔. British to put something somewhere quickly or carelessly. Just whack the fish under the grill for ten minutes. Just whack it there. 就放那儿吧, 丢那儿吧, 扔那儿吧. out of whack ‎(idiomatic) Wrong, broken; specifically: Not in proper balance; unbalanced. our priorities have gotten out of whack. feeling slightly ill. I didn't sleep well last night and I'm all out of whack. Not in proper alignment. 冲的不齐. 不平齐的. the floor is so out of whack that the door hits it when opened. Not working or operating properly. The buses and trains are all out of whack today because of the snow. banged up left knee is out of whack. whack off (intransitive, slang) To masturbate. on the blink 坏了, 不工作, 有问题, 有毛病 (idiomatic) functioning erratically, malfunctioning; not working or not working well. Usually refers to a mechanical or electrical device. My toaster is on the blink, making either charcoal or cold bread. on the fritz (of electrical or mechanical appliances) Out of order; malfunctioning; broken. I'd record it, but my tape deck is on the fritz again. My washing machine has gone on the fritz, and I have a load of muddy clothes to clean. Usage notes: Only used predicatively. predicative (grammar, of an adjectival or nominal) Used after a verb, as a predicate; contrasted with attributive. In the sentence, 'This house is big', 'big' is predicative 作表语的, whereas in 'This is a big house', it is attributive 作定语的, 修饰语的. 同义词: (out of order): bung (Australian), on the blink (UK, Australia), spaz (offensive). bung v. bunged I. (transitive) To plug, as with a bung. II. (Britain, Australia, transitive, informal) 丢. 扔. To put or throw somewhere without care; to chuck. III. (transitive) To batter, bruise; to cause to bulge or swell. IV. (transitive) To pass a bribe. adj. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Broken, not in working order. n. I. 木塞. A stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber used to prevent fluid passing through the neck of a bottle, vat, a hole in a vessel etc. II. (slang) A bribe. 4. Let's make this quick (指送行Marvin) 快点完成这个, 快去快回, 三下五除二搞定. Marvin's leaving let's give him a warm round (of applause) 热烈欢送, 热烈鼓掌. Let's have a warm round of congratulations to you and your team. We are a little pushed for time 时间不够, 时间紧张, 时间不多, 来不及. I am the caterer 管餐饮的. keep something under one's hat保密, 不要告诉别人 Fig. to keep something a secret; to keep something in one's mind (only). (If the secret stays under your hat, it stays in your mind. Note the use of but in the examples.) Keep this under your hat, but I'm getting married. I'm getting married, but keep it under your hat. Keep this under your hat, massive breakthrough on the stadium. The signs are good 看起来不错, 目前征兆不错. We might get the OK to call it The prince Mary Donaldson Areana. sweet spot 最佳点, 最佳位置, 不远不近的正好的位置: Hold the speaker not too far, not too close. there's a sweet spot. The sweet spot is a place where a combination of factors results in a maximum response for a given amount of effort. In tennis, squash, racquetball, baseball, or cricket, a given swing will result in a more powerful hit 更有力一击 if the ball strikes the racket or bat on the latter's sweet spot. The sweet spot for stadiums is a capacity of around 60,000. We need to work out the potential. Would there ever be enough call for 会不会有一天需要一个, 会不会有一天达到这样的需求 a stadium. The sweet spot is the location at which the object being struck, usually a ball, absorbs the maximum amount of the available forward momentum and rebounds away 弹回 from the racket, bat, club, etc. with a greater velocity than if struck at any other point on the racket, bat or club. 5. Can you get the minutes 会议记录 from all three meetings and collate them into sort of report form ( [kəˈleɪt] I. formal 整理有序. 整理好. 按顺序整理好. to arrange information that you have collected in a sensible order.  To assemble something in a logical sequence. II. to put sheets of paper into the correct order before they are made into a document or book. To sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order, one sequence for each copy, especially before binding. Collating was still necessary because they had to insert foldout sheets and index tabs into the documents. III. To examine diverse documents et cetera to discover similarities and differences. The young attorneys were set the task of collating the contract submitted by the other side with the previous copy.  )? copy Jim? And CC Rhonda. Also can you organize a quick little get-together so I can go over it with them? That's all there is. 就这些. 就有这么多. 就这么些(读一篇文章, 别人说继续读, 你说读完了, 就这些, 就到此了). circle I. a round shape consisting of a curved line that completely encloses a space and is the same distance from the centre at every point. Something in the shape of a circle is circular. a mathematical calculation to find out the radius of a circle. circle of: Cut out a circle of paper. a. a group of people or things arranged in a circle. circle of: a circle of stones. in a circle: The dancers were standing in a circle around the fire. form a circle 形成一个圈: Now I'd like you to form a circle and hold hands. Let's link hands with each other, close the circle.  II. a group of people who know one another or are related to one another. circle of: They have a large circle of friends and acquaintances. a social circle: I soon became a member of her social circle. family circle: He now felt he was a member of the family circle. a. [usually plural] a group of people who are interested in the same things or who have the same profession. scientific/academic/literary circles: He began to move in the scientific circles centred round Sir Charles Cavendish.   political/financial/business circles: The bank's failure sent shock waves through international financial circles. if a situation comes, goes, or turns full circle, it becomes the same again as it was at the beginning. He's back managing the club he first started out in, so his career has come full circle. go around/round in circles 绕来绕去走不出去, 死循环 to do something for a long time without achieving any results because you always return to the same problem that you cannot solve. We talked for hours, but we were just going round in circles. 6. Hot desking is a work space sharing model in which employees outnumber desks. In some such environments, each work station has its own computer and the worker logs into a virtual desktop. Hot desking is an office organization system which involves multiple workers using a single physical work station or surface during different time periods. The "desk" in the name refers to an office desk being shared by multiple office workers on different shifts as opposed to each staff member having their own personal desk. A primary motivation for hot desking is cost reduction through space savings - up to 30% in some cases. Hot desking is especially valuable in cities where real estate prices are high. Hot desking is often found in workplaces with flexible schedules for employees, where not all employees are actually working in an office at the same time or on the same schedules. Employees in such workplaces use existing offices only occasionally or for short periods of time, which leaves offices vacant. By sharing such offices, employees make more efficient use of company space and resources. An alternative version of hot desking would be in a workplace where employees have multiple tasks and multiple employees may require a certain work station, but not for their entire duties. Thus a permanent work station can be made available to any worker as and when needed, with employees sharing the station as needed. This could be for a single element of one's work, for example, when a sales employee needs an office for a client meeting but does not otherwise have need of a personal office. Another example would be when employees need to perform specific tasks at work stations created for those tasks in an assembly line fashion. There, the individual work stations are not set up as personal offices. A collection of such workstations is sometimes called a mobility centre. We are hot-desking, Marvn says it breaks down rigidities. Aces in their places. He wants us to all bat a thousand. rigid I. not easily changed. a rigid class system. II. done or applied in a strict and unreasonable way. rigid control over behaviour. rigid discipline. III. stiff, hard, and difficult to bend or move. The door is made from galvanized steel with a rigid frame. IV. 冥顽不化的. 僵硬不化的. 顽固不化的. not willing to change your ideas, attitudes, opinions etc. Both sides have remained rigid in their resolve. V. 僵硬的. unable to move because of a strong emotion such as fear or anger. I only had one chance – this was live television – and I was absolutely rigid with fear. bat one thousand 每击必中, 次次中标, 成功率百分百 I. (baseball) To reach first base on every at-bat. II. (idiomatic) To achieve success at each attempt. He's batting a thousand so far with the new boss. III. (idiomatic) To achieve perfection. No one can bat a thousand for the whole season. IV. (idiomatic) To have identical outcomes on each attempt. Etymology: From the practice of reckoning the batting average of a hitter in thousandths. two for two (idiomatic, baseball) In baseball, meeting two out of two attempts at-bat. Specifically, it means the batter has reached base safely two out of two times. He's two for two tonight. Usage notes： Also used as adverb, but with few verbs. He went two for two in his last two sales pitches. Etymology： From the practice of reckoning the batting average of a hitter in baseball in thousandths. bat five hundred 百分之五十的成功率 (idiomatic) To be successful half of the time, to have a success rate of 50%. all up? 全部都包括, 全部都算, 全部算在内, 总数, 加起来一切. all-up weight chiefly British The total weight of an aircraft with passengers, cargo, and fuel. The combined weight of a sportsman and his equipment; especially the weight of a paraglider and its pilot. In its final design concept, the D.H.106 was projected to carry 36 passengers with an all-up weight of 93,000 pounds. The Bobcat, because of its weight and the need to lighten the all-up weight of the helicopter by the consumption of fuel, was to be the final lift. Early testing cleared the Seafire 47 at an all-up weight of 11,100 lb but for takeoff it could weigh as much as 12,900-lb. all dressed up and no place to go = all dressed up with no place to go = all dressed up with nowhere to go 万事就绪只欠东风, 准备就绪只欠发生, 万事俱备只欠发生 (idiomatic) Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur. stymie [ˈstaɪmi] To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck. They had lost the key, and the lock stymied the first three locksmiths they called. to stop someone from achieving an aim, or to stop some process from continuing. Richard's attitude completely stymied her. positions that have stymied progress. confound n. an event or factor that creates a contradiction or difficulty in a piece of reasoning. Studies assessing changes in dopamine release during chronic neuroleptic treatment ... have been inconsistent. This may be due to methodological differences between studies, the invasive nature of these procedures, or other confounds. v. I. 看傻了眼. 看呆了. to make someone feel surprised or confused, especially by not behaving in the way they expect. She confounded her critics by winning the race. II. if you are confounded by something, you cannot understand it. We were totally confounded by her reaction. III. formal to prove that something is wrong. This new evidence confounds your theory. IV. old-fashioned to defeat someone, or to prevent them from being successful. Etymology: Perhaps inspired by decked out or dog's dinner. confound it/him/her/them used for showing that you are annoyed. Used to express anger or annoyance: oh confound it, where is the thing? confounded used for showing that you are annoyed. She's a confounded nuisance. all dogged up 穿的很齐整的, 打扮一新的(look refreshed 比如刚洗过澡), 打扮的哗然一新的 (slang, originally US) Wearing stylish and fancy clothing, having dressed up. washed up  (idiomatic) Finished; having no future in a particular role. Pavarotti's washed up as a singer, in my view. it's all up with Over for, finished for (negative connotation.) informal It is the end or there is no hope for. Asked if he were willing to 'concede that it is all up with the Republican Party now' in the next election, he replied: 'No, sir, I am not.' 'Ah, he may think so,' said the gaoler; 'but it is all up with him, I can tell him.' No, the first time I see him, it is all up with him, I can tell you. all up I. total. II. summarizing everything. III. 全完蛋了. 一切为时已晚了. 一切都结束了. Defeated; also, near death. For example, The home team knew it was all up when their star quarterback was injured, or The party lost their way over a week ago and in this subzero weather I'm sure it's all up with them. This idiom uses up in the sense of "finished." Nearly, predictably, or imminently over, finished, complete, defeated, or dead. It's all up for me, Billy. Before I die, take this letter to my wife. It think it's safe to say that it's all up for the home team. They fought a good fight, but there's no overcoming their opponent's lead now. pull a 模仿. 效仿 ‎(informal, transitive, followed by a person's name, idiomatic) to emulate a behaviour generally attributed to the individual named. Usage notes: Can either refer to the actions of a famous person, real or fictitious, that would be understood by most anyone, or to the actions of an individual known by the speaker and his audience. If "Jane Doe" is known for hiccuping when nervous, you could say: I got reprimanded for pulling a Jane Doe. do a... (followed by a name) (idiomatic) To emulate the behavior/behaviour that is generally attributed to the individual named. He did a Henry VIII and got married six times. Conjugation: The beginning "do" conjugates in the same way as do. Usage notes: Do a can either refer to the actions of a famous person, real or fictitious, that would be understood by most anyone, or to the actions of an individual known mainly by the speaker or writer and the audience or readers. up in arms ‎(idiomatic) Angry; incensed; preparing for a fight. The union members are up in arms over threats of pay cuts. Usage notes: "All" may be added as an intensifier at the beginning of the expression, as in: Her father was all up in arms when we returned late at night. all-up service a postal service in which all mail is sent by airmail at the usual surface rate with no need of a special label. A timber lorry or log truck (logging truck 运木头运木材的大卡车) is a large truck used to carry logs. Some have integrated flatbeds, some are discrete tractor units, and some are configured to spread a load between the tractor unit and a dollied trailer pulled behind it. Often more than one trailer is attached. sniff the wind 探探风声, 探探大家的想法. sniff trouble in the wind 闻到风声, 闻听不妙. get/catch wind of something 探听到风声, 知悉, 获悉, 风闻, 得到风声, 听到风声(tight-lipped 口风紧的) Fig. to learn of something; to hear about something. to hear a piece of information that someone else was trying to keep secret I don't want my boss to get wind of the fact that I'm leaving so I'm not telling many people. The police got wind of the illegal drug deal. John caught wind of the gossip being spread about him. 科技: It's true, the TouchPad, HP's inaugural webOS tablet, won't go on sale开始销售 in the states until July 1, but that doesn't mean you can't claim yours pronto(西班牙语, 与prompt同源. at once; promptly, Without delay; quickly.). The Journal hasn't said a peep about ( hear a peep out of someone 没得到任何信息, 没听到只言片语, 没有任何风声 Fig. to get some sort of a response from someone; to hear the smallest word from someone. (Usually in the negative.) I don't want to hear another peep out of you. I didn't know they were there. I didn't hear a peep out of them. ) its Apple subscription plans, which seems a bit odd, given that News Corp. and Apple rolled out the first iteration of Apple's subscription offering, via The Daily, back in February. 5. a shot in the arm 鼓励, 激励 something that has a ​sudden and ​positive ​effect on something, ​providing ​encouragement and new ​activity. a boost or act of encouragement. The pep talk was a real shot in the arm for all the guys. The good test grade was a shot in the arm for Gary. Fresh ​investment would ​provide the shot in the ​arm that this ​industry so ​badly ​needs. Atlassian美国上市: Right Click Capital partner Benjamin Chong said that an Atlassian IPO, even if it takes place on a foreign exchange, would be a major shot in the arm for Australian innovation. Mr Cannon-Brookes and Mr Farquhar have become figureheads 偶像级人物, 领袖人物, 领袖, 标杆性人物, 旗帜性人物, 名义领袖 ( I. a nominal leader or head without real power. II. a carving, typically a bust or a full-length figure, set at the prow of an old-fashioned sailing ship.) for the nation's nascent technology ( nascent 新生的 (especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential. "the nascent space industry". ) sector. Mr Cannon-Brookes has been vocal 发声支持 about preserving the Australian Technology Park in inner-city Sydney as an innovation hub. News of the impending Atlassian IPO comes as new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull puts fresh emphasis on the importance of technology, innovation, and digital disruption to Australia's economy. White-anting is an Australian term for the process of internal erosion of a foundation. It is often used in reference to groups such as political parties or organisations where information from group insiders is 'leaked' or used to undermine搞破坏 the goals of the group. The Macquarie Dictionary says the verb "to white-ant" means "to subvert or undermine from within". The term is derived from the action of termites (white ants) eating the inside of wooden building foundations, often leaving no outward evidence, until the structure crumbles. mail-out an instance of posting promotional material to a large number of people at one time. An instance of sending out by mail a number of promotional brochures or other items at one time. an ​act of ​sending ​letters, ​packages, or ​electronic ​messages to a lot of ​people at one ​time: The ​cost of ​sending a mailout to all ​households would far ​exceed the ​budget. mail out to send many copies of a letter, advertisement, etc. by mail at one time. An instance of posting promotional material to a large number of people at one time. No matter how threatened by crime, neighbours cannot be press-ganged into supporting any security endeavour, which should be launched only after some attempt to hold a town meeting or a mass mail-out, electronic or paper. We have taken extra precautions to make sure that the information cannot be made available to people who want to use it for bulk mail-outs and other advertising that is just a nuisance and an annoyance to people. Local, regional and national awareness of Odd Gallery programming continues to increase with regular coverage by local and regional news media and mail-outs, and recent coverage in Canadian Art magazine. Just checking you got the message about the 25th? No, I know, we would have normally done a mail out. but the printer is on the blink. buy-in Support; agreement; approval; blessing (in a secular sense). Let's show the idea around and get buy-in from marketing. out of left field 出其不意的, 乘其不备的, 冷不防的 suddenly; from an unexpected source or direction. Most of your ideas are out of left field. All of his paintings are right out of left field. out in left field 古怪离谱, 荒诞不经, 莫名其妙 Fig. offbeat; unusual and eccentric. Sally is a lot of fun, but she's sort of out in left field. What a strange idea. It's really out in left field. The composer's use of dissonance in this symphony is way out in left field. not effective, useful, or likely Some of these ideas are from out in left field, and I can't imagine where my students get them from. kick someone when they are down 落井下石 (idiomatic) To make things worse for someone who is going through a difficult time. well presented 打扮光鲜亮丽的, 举止不凡的, 端庄的, 收拾的立立整整的. squint I. 眯着眼. to close your eyes slightly and try to see something, either because of a bright light or because your eyes do not work very well. I don't squint to read it. She screwed her eyes up, squinting because of the glare. squint at: He squinted at her in the sun. II. 斜眼. to have the medical condition called a squint. a medical condition in which a person’s eyes seem to be looking in different directions, caused by weak muscles. self assured 自信的. 自以为是的, 自以为厉害的, 觉得自己比谁都厉害的 confident and relaxed because you are sure of your abilities. having ​confidence in ​your own ​abilities: The ​interview ​showed her as a self-assured and ​mature ​student. cocky 看不起人的, 傲慢的. trance I. 傻了眼了, 恍惚了, 晃神. 发呆. [countable] [usually singular] a state caused by hypnosis in which someone can move and speak but is not conscious in a normal way. put someone in/into a trance: Her psychiatrist put her into a deep hypnotic trance. a. a state in which you are awake but not really conscious of where you are because you are thinking about something else. A state of concentration, awareness and/or focus that filters information and experience; e.g. meditation, possession, etc. He came out of his trance and greeted me. II. [uncountable] music a type of dance music with fast regular beats and electronic sounds that developed from techno in the early 1990s. trance-like stony-faced 面无表情的 showing no emotion in one's face; looking very serious or gloomy. "a cold-blooded, stony-faced assassin". My daughter is in a trance, she is stony faced. hold out I. 坚持. resist or survive in difficult circumstances. To survive, endure. to continue to be enough or continue to exist. How long will your money hold out? I wonder whether her stamina will hold out. How long can they hold out without water? "British troops held out against constant attacks". I went through that trip we booked before we broke up. But I held out 坚持住, 抵制住诱惑, didn't do anything, no sex, no kiss. to continue to defend a place that is being attacked. We can only hold out for a few more hours. II. (idiomatic, often with for) To wait, or refuse in hopes of getting something better (from a negotiation, etc.) I am holding out for more money. How long has he been holding out? III. (idiomatic, usually with on) To withhold something. You've got a key! Why have you been holding out on me? IV. (transitive) To set something aside or save it for later. Pack the boxes, but hold out a few blue ones for later. hold out hope [often in negatives] to think that something is likely to happen or succeed. I don't hold out much hope that they'll come. hold out a possibility/prospect/promise 抱有可能性 etc to say or show that something may or will happen. She held out the possibility of prisoners being released. hold out your hand: She held out her hand to him. When he said no, the feral me comes out. make head or tail [out] of sth 分不清头绪, 理不清头绪 I. (idiomatic) To understand even minimally. The way the document was worded was incredibly complicated - no one could make heads or tails out of it. See if you can make head or tail of this chapter. I'm baffled. II. To determine to be good or bad. Usage notes: In sense 1, usually with a construction expressing inability, as in "I can't make head or tail of this", "He was unable to make head or tail of some of the pattern-solving puzzles in the IQ test", and so on. Usage notes: almost always used in the negative.