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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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
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—Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
The Sandhills region of North Carolina is the only place in the world where bees produce purple honey, and experts have no idea why.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 2 May 2025
So a large amount of African American children are in homes with parents that have no idea what to do with their hair and how to manage it.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2025
Most of us have no idea what our children will need ten years from now.
—Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Have no idea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/have%20no%20idea. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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