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I haven’t the foggiest

little bit British like something that Sherlock Holmes might say so we usually say it with a little smile and you'll also see people drop the final word and say simply I haven't...

Course: Speaking with ease every daySection: Ways to say “I don’t know”Subtitles: en

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feels a

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little bit British like something that

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Sherlock Holmes might say so we usually

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say it with a little smile and you'll

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also see people drop the final word and

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say simply I haven't the foggiest but

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you need to say it with a little humor I

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haven't the foggiest kind of with a

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silly little tone in your voice because

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it doesn't feel exactly serious it feels

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a little bit funny interestingly enough

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even though we say I haven't the

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foggiest idea or I haven't the foggiest

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we don't drop that final word with the

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previous expression I don't have the

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faintest idea we never say I don't have

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the faintest I don't know why sometimes

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English is a little weird who knows who

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cares which is an expression we'll talk

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about in just a minute

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why didn't Sarah come to the party last

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night how should I know this expression

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how should I know is a little defensive

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maybe Sarah is your ex-girlfriend and

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your friend expects you to know where

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she is but you don't know where she is

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so you could say how should I know it's

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a little defensive so make sure that you

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use it in the right

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