have no idea en · VERB
Meanings
- To not know at all.
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To be mistaken; to not have a correct idea.
For both Margaret Thatcher in the UK and Ronald Reagan in the US, what was to blame for the slump in the late-1970s^([sic]) was clear (though we now know they really had no idea).
2019, Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Good Economics for Hard Times, page 236:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| had no idea | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| had no idea | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| having no idea | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| has no idea | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (7)
el δεν έχω ιδέα (know not) · ro nu avea habar (know not) · pt saber lá (know not) · es no tener ni idea (know not) · nl geen idee hebben (know not) · cs nemít tušení (know not) · pl nie mieć pojęcia (know not)