have a clue
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My exposure to this all stems from being around salespeople who were not competent and didn’t have a clue in how to sell, so they fell back on trite sayings.
She was then said to have stated: "There were one or two grievances between Brian and Dave at the Edradynate, but I do not want to comment as I do not have a clue what they were about or if I did, I have forgotten."
From BBC
For the first time since our disappointing trip to the library, I have a clue.
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But if you think you beat the market even though you lost money or don’t have a clue what your return was, you’re asking for trouble.
In opposition to the efficient-market hypothesis, which holds that stock prices reflect all available information, Haugen argued that “the pathetically inefficient market doesn’t seem to have a clue as to what is going on.”
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