Definition, Meaning & Synonyms
hide-nor-hair
idiom
/haɪd nɔr hɛr/
Definition
A phrase used to indicate that neither a person nor their presence can be found or that a person is completely missing or untraceable.
Examples
- “I’ve looked everywhere for him, but there’s not a hide nor hair of him to be found.”
- “After the storm, there was not hide nor hair of the old shed left standing.”
Meaning
The expression implies that there is no sign or trace of someone or something, often used when searching for a person or when something is entirely absent.
Synonyms
- no sign
- no trace
- nowhere to be found
