n'avoir ni queue ni tête
/navwaʁ ni kø ni tɛt/
verb
B2
le (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Forms
- present
- n'a ni queue ni tête
- past
- n'a eu ni queue ni tête
- perfect
- eu ni queue ni tête
Meaning
Similar words
"n'avoir ni queue ni tête" means "to make no sense at all"; "tenir la route" means "to hold up, to make sense" — opposite meanings, useful to learn as a pair.
Practice
1 What does n'avoir ni queue ni tête mean?
to make no sense at all
2 Fill the gap: Son explication n'avait ni ___ ni tête.
Full sentence: Son explication n'avait ni queue ni tête. (His explanation made no sense at all.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches n'avoir ni queue ni tête?
n'avoir ni queue ni tête: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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