have no idea

phrase

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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The problem is that most finance leaders have no idea where to start. Gregg Mojica, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Yet 167 years after German mathematician Bernhard Riemann made this guess, and in spite of a million-dollar bounty, mathematicians still have no idea how to prove it. Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026 Roughly 29 million Americans live with sleep apnea, and many have no idea. Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 3 Aug. 2026 Roughly 29 million Americans have the condition, and many have no idea. Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for have no idea

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“Have no idea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/have%20no%20idea. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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