Dictionary entry

Not have a clue

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Myanmar Meaning

[IDM] (infml) ၁၊ ဘာမျှမသိဘူး။ ၂၊ (derog) နလပိန်းတုံး။

Definition

clue /klu:/ n ၁။ ~ (to sth) သဲလြန္စ။ The only clue to the identity of the murderer was a half-smoked cigarette. ❍ We have no clue as to where she went after she left home. ၂။ (စကားလံုး)ပေဟဠိ ေမးခြန္း။ ❏ clue sb in (about/on sth) [ PHRV ] ( US infml ) ေနာက္ ဆံုးအေျခအေနကို သတင္းေပးသည္။ Can you clue me in on the facts of the case? ❏ clueless /'klu:lǝs/ adj ( infml derog ) နလပိန္းတံုး။ He's absolutely clueless. ❏ clue sb up (about/on sth) [ PHRV ] ( infml esp Brit ) (usu passive) သတင္းစံုစံုရသည္။ She's really clued up on politics (ie She knows a lot about politics). ❏ not have a clue [ IDM ] ( infml ) ၁။ ဘာမွ်မသိဘူး။ ‘When does the train leave?’ ‘I haven't a clue. ’ ၂။ ( derog ) နလပိန္းတံုး။ ‘Don't ask him to do it—he hasn't a clue’.

Examples

  1. [search for/look for/find a clue] : Detectives were brought in to help search for clues.
  2. [clue to/as to/about] : Police still have no clues as to the identity of the killer.
  3. [clue to/as to/about] : His expressionless face gave her no clue as to what he was thinking.
  4. These writings provide clues to the crisis in Dickens’ private life.
  5. ‘Know who I saw in town today?’ ‘Give me a clue.’