Neither head nor tail

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neither beginning nor end; neither this thing nor that; nothing distinct or definite; - a phrase used in speaking of what is indefinite or confused; as, they made neither head nor tail of the matter.

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differentiation			She could make neither head nor tail of it, nor was there another word to give a clue to its meaning, so at last from constant repetition it became a commonplace and she gave it no further thought. The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context But listen as he would, the prince could make neither head nor tail of it. The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context I could make neither head nor tail of Raffles's dealings with the man from Regent Street, and was naturally inquisitive as to the meaning of it all. Raffles, Further Adventures Of The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context			Neif neigh neighbor neighborhood Neighboring Neighborliness neighborly Neighborship neighbour neighbourhood neighbourhood watch neighbouring neighbourliness neighbourly neighing Neil Armstrong Neil Simon Neill Neilson Neishout Neisse Neisseria gonorrhoeae neither neither … nor Neither fish nor flesh Neither head nor tail Neiva Nejd nek Nekrasov nekton nelfinavir Nell Gwynn Nell Gwynne Nell Gywn nellie Nellie Bly Nellie Ross Nellie Tayloe Ross Nellore nelly Nelson Nelson Algren Nelson Mandela Nelson River Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela nelumbo Nelumbo lutea Nelumbo nucifera Nelumbonaceae nem con			Neisseriaceae infections Neisseriaceae infections neisserial Neisseriales Neisseriales NEISUG Neit NEiTA Neitche Neith neither neither neither neither … nor Neither a borrower nor a lender be Neither Agree Nor Disagree Neither can I Neither Confirm Nor Deny neither does Neither East nor West Neither Exercise Nor Food Neither Exercised nor Took Oral Contraceptives Neither Fish Nor Flesh neither fish nor fowl neither fish nor fowl neither fish nor fowl neither fish nor fowl neither fish nor fowl nor good red herring neither fish nor fowl nor good red herring neither fish nor fowl nor good red herring Neither head nor tail neither here nor there neither here nor there neither here nor there Neither Inactivation nor Afterpotential C neither more nor less neither rhyme nor reason Neiti NEITL Neito NEITS Neitunarvald Neitunarvald Neitunarvald Neitunarvald Neitz Test of Color Vision Neitzche Neitzchse Neitzsche NEIU NEIUALG NEIV Neiva Neiva Neiva, Colombia Neiva, Colombia Neiva, Huila Neiva, Huila Neivert whittler Neivo-Rudianka Neivo-Shaitanskii

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