have no idea
idiom
1
: to not know or understand
I have no idea what you're talking about.
2
—used to reply to someone as an emphatic "yes"
"Was it hard?" "You have no idea (how hard it was)!"
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Emilie Dorn, NBC news, 16 Jan. 2026
And most patients likely have no idea their data was ever stolen.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
But the missing piece is that patients often have no idea when this technology is being used on them.
—Essence, 1 Jan. 2026
But really, man, from everything from the DOGE cuts earlier in the year to the government shut down, like people really have no idea.
—ABC News, 21 Dec. 2025
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“Have no idea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/have%20no%20idea. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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