heads or tails
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He wanted to take a crack at writing like artists like Billie Eilish, but he couldn’t make heads or tails of it.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
The iPhone Clean Up tool did OK with the grass, but couldn’t make heads or tails of the tents in the background.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
Measuring the wave function, however, causes it to collapse, mathematically speaking, such that the system in our example shows up as either heads or tails.
From Scientific American • May 22, 2023
There are only two choices: heads or tails.
From Washington Times • Feb. 10, 2023
There were a few pictures and diagrams—a lot of the human body, and some overlapping circles that Sierra couldn’t make heads or tails of.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
