idiom > be at a loss; be confused and without a clue; tangled
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Clueless
　　Explanation: Mang: do not know, chaos. Not a little clue. Describe the intangible side of things, I do not know where to start.
　　Usage: Supplemental; in the predicate; refers to things without a clue
　　Source: Qing Li Baojia "Bureaucrats" 18 back: "this thing these days Futai are clueless, got the letter, then pass the Division to discuss the two."
　　Examples: The total length in the consultation with you, have several times more than delay until January, is still ~, is it mine, not a contempt? (Caidong Fan, Xu hut Father "Romance of the Republic of the popular" back forty)
　　Results: Out in the mess on the barley
　　Postscript: Out in the mess on the barley
máng wú tóu xù
　　No clue, no way to describe things or incoherent
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No. 3
　　Rules and regulations are more and more confused the drawing board
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No. 4
　　See "indiscriminate and Duan Xu."
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No. 5
　　【词目】茫无头绪
　　【发音】máng wú tóu xù
　　【释义】茫：不清楚，纷乱。一点儿头绪也没有。形容事情摸不着边，不知从哪里入手。
　　【出处】明·凌蒙初《谭曲杂礼》：“沈伯英构造极多，最喜以奇事旧闻，不论数种，扭合一家……茫无头绪，尤为可怪。”
　　【示例】本驻使与贵总长磋商，已经数次，迁延至一月有余，仍然是～，莫非轻视敝国不成？（蔡东藩、许廑父《民国通俗演义》第四十二回）
　　【用法】作谓语；指事情没有线索
English Expression
  1. n.:  be at a loss; be confused and without a clue; tangled
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Indiscriminate and inkling