Meanings
verbhave the foggiest (third-person singular simple present has the foggiest, present participle having the foggiest, simple past and past participle had the foggiest)
present singular third person has the foggiest · participle present having the foggiest · participle past had the foggiest · past had the foggiest · alternative have the foggiest idea · alternative have the foggiest notion
- informalTo know, understand or have a clue.
I'm sorry, I haven't the foggiest. You should ask someone else.
Translations
Arabic لَيْسَ لَدَي أَدْنَى فِكْرَة
- لَيْسَ لَدَي أَدْنَى فِكْرَة (laysa laday ʔadnā fikra)"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
Chinese Mandarin 我一點都不知道 /我一点都不知道, 我沒有一點頭緒 /我没有一点头绪
- 我一點都不知道 /我一点都不知道 (wǒ yīdiǎn dōu bù zhīdào)"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
- 我沒有一點頭緒 /我没有一点头绪 (wǒ méiyǒu yīdiǎn tóuxù)"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
Czech nemít nejmenší tušení
- nemít nejmenší tušení"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
Danish jeg har ingen anelse, det ved jeg da ikke noget om
- jeg har ingen anelse"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
- det ved jeg da ikke noget om"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
Dutch geen flauw idee hebben
- geen flauw idee hebben"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
Finnish minulla ei ole harmainta aavistustakaan
- minulla ei ole harmainta aavistustakaan"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
French ne pas avoir la moindre idée
- ne pas avoir la moindre idée"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
German keinen blassen Schimmer haben
- keinen blassen Schimmer haben"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
Greek δεν έχω ιδέα, δεν έχω την παραμικρή ιδέα
- δεν έχω ιδέα (den écho idéa)"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
- δεν έχω την παραμικρή ιδέα (den écho tin paramikrí idéa)"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
Hungarian fogalma sincs, halványlila gőze sincs
- fogalma sincs"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
- halványlila gőze sincs"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
Icelandic ekki hafa hugmynd, ekki hafa græna glóru
- ekki hafa hugmynd"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
- ekki hafa græna glóru"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
Irish níl a fhios agam beo
- níl a fhios agam beo"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
Italian non ne ho la più pallida idea
- non ne ho la più pallida idea"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
Japanese 私は何も分かっていない, 知るもんか
- 私は何も分かっていない (watashi wa nani mo wakatte inai)"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
- 知るもんか (shiru monka)"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
Korean 몰라요
- 몰라요 (mollayo)"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
Polish nie mam zielonego pojęcia
- nie mam zielonego pojęcia"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
Portuguese não faço a mínima ideia
- não faço a mínima ideia"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
Russian поня́тия не име́ю, не име́ю ни мале́йшего представле́ния
- поня́тия не име́ю (ponjátija ne iméju)"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
- не име́ю ни мале́йшего представле́ния (ne iméju ni maléjševo predstavlénija)"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
Slovak nemám najmenšieho poňatia
- nemám najmenšieho poňatia"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
Spanish no tengo la menor idea, no tengo ni pajolera idea
- no tengo la menor idea"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
- no tengo ni pajolera idea"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
Swedish inte ha den blekaste, inte ha en susning
- inte ha den blekaste"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
- inte ha en susning"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
Welsh dydw i ddim yn gwybod
- dydw i ddim yn gwybod"I haven't the foggiest": I don't know
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