Common Idioms About Understanding

Learn informal idioms to express lackk of understanding through this video.

In this video, we explore four informal idioms about understanding that convey confusion or difficulty in comprehension.

• That went over my head. This idiom means that something was too difficult to understand. For example, "The technical details of the presentation went over my head."
• I can't make head nor tail of this. This phrase is used when something is very confusing or impossible to understand. For example, "I can't make head nor tail of these instructions."
• That was clear as mud. This sarcastic idiom means that something is very unclear. For example, "After his explanation, it was still clear as mud."
• It's all Greek to me! This idiom means that something is completely incomprehensible. For example, "When she started talking about quantum physics, it was all Greek to me!"

These idioms about understanding are commonly used in everyday conversations. Watch the video and learn how to incorporate them into your own speech.