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Interpret the meaning of the bold idiom in the following sentence.

"Naturally it worries me. I cannot make head or tail of it."

He doesn't know the head from the tail.
He isn't sure how to make it.
He can't make sense of it.
He has no interest in making sense of it.
He understands completely.

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he can’t make sense of it. it is an old saying and i only know what cause i live in the south
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he can’t make sense of it.

Step-by-step explanation:
an old saying is something like “can’t figure out heads from tails” basically meaning that that are confused or ‘can’t make sense of it’
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