不知所云 meaning in English
do not know what oneself (self deprecatory) or others are talking about; incomprehensible; be unintelligible; between the devil and the deep sea; be unable to make out what sb. is driving at [talking about]; embarrass with [by]; fail to catch what one means; feel oneself in an awkward position; feel oneself in a false position; lose one's head; make neither head nor tail of what's been said [written]; not to have the slightest idea about the meaning of some remarks; : 这篇文章条理不清, 使人看了不知所云。 the article is so poorly-organized that i don't know what to say after reading it
Examples
- The first definition, however, is a puzzle .
第一个定义便不知所云。 - My letters sometimes convey no ideas at all to my correspondents .
有时候收信人读到我的信，只觉得不知所云。 - She tried to understand the instructions , but she was completely at sea .
她费尽力气想看懂那些说明文字，却全然不知所云。 - The article is so poorly-organized that i do n't know what to say after reading it .
这篇文章条理不清，使人看了不知所云。 - Yet it was not only these odd sights that astounded her, for she was even more puzzled by what she heard .
令她吃惊的不仅是这些新奇的景象，而人们的言谈更使她茫然不知所云。