Let’s go to learn Spanish! #11
Posted in Advanced level, ELE, Español como Lengua Extranjera, Learning Spanish, Let's go to learn Spanish!, Nivel avanzado, Spanish as a foreign language
“NO TENER NI PIES NI CABEZA”
This idiom or set phrase means that something is very unclear: it’s a problem, an issue, an argument, or a mystery very difficult to understand because it is confusing or illogical at first sight.
The equivalent idioms in English would be:
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- Can’t make head nor tail of something
- There’s no rhyme nor reason to/for something
- It makes no sense at all
Finally, we would like to note that the English version for this idiom includes a different part of the body: cola (tail) instead of pies (feet). This word change occurs in Italian and French as well.

