Communication

not have the faintest idea

not know at all

To have no knowledge or understanding of something.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

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Do you know how to fix this printer?

I don't have the faintest idea.

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I don't have the faintest idea where I left my keys.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I don't have ‸ faintest idea how this works.

Say: I don't have the faintest idea how this works.

Keep 'the' in the fixed expression 'the faintest idea.'

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

not have the faintest idea what, why, or how

Your turn: say it out loud

I don't have the faintest idea where I left my keys.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

not have the faintest idea

not know at all

“I don't have the faintest idea where I left my keys.”

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