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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

not have the first idea en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To not know anything about something.
    • Reading them was another; and when it came to taking thoughts in his head and writing them on to paper, he didn't have the first idea where to start. 2010, Stephen Deas, The Thief-Taker's Apprentice, →ISBN:
    • The decision had been made, and the world had now been advised. The Super would be built. But the scientists at Los Alamos didn't really have the first idea how to do it. 2011, Jim Baggott, The First War of Physics, →ISBN:
    • For all her experience, she didn't have the first idea what it was like to have the disease. 2005, Simon Riley, Beating Cancer. A Miracle on the NHS, →ISBN, page 189:

Synonyms

not know the first thing · not have the faintest idea