Understanding

Matching exercise

This activity is based around vocabulary from page 454 of the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms.

Match the items on the right with the items on the left.

He's useless. He doesn't have a ______ what he is doing.
I didn't understand any of his explanation. It went right over my ______ .
I understand absolutely nothing. I cannot make head nor ______ of it.
I'm afraid I don't know the first ______ about American football. Could you explain the rules to me?
I understood nothing. His explanation was as clear as ______ .
We seem to have completely misunderstood each other. Our ______ were crossed.
It took me a while to get the ______ of this program but now I love it.
I can't seem to get to ______ with the Access data base program. I find it too complicated.
When Caroline showed me some examples of what she had done, it really brought it ______ to me what to do.
This is a very difficult and abstract concept and I have problems getting my ______ around it.
You don't have to say any more. We get the ______ .
Don't talk to Simon about it. He doesn't have a ______ what he is doing.
What language is he speaking? I cannot make ______ nor tail of what he is saying.
It suddenly came ______ to me that I had made a bad mistake.
You mustn't ask me. I don't know the ______ thing about that.
I don't understand Boulez's music. It goes ______ over my head.
When I saw the pictures of the starving people on the BBC, it really brought it ______ to me about the problems they have in that country.
He hasn't phoned me for weeks. I hope he has finally ______ the message.
I don't know the first ______ about architecture but the Muséé D'orsay looks really lovely to me.
This exercise explained nothing very well. It's as ______ as mud.

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