hide nor hair

Definitions

A trace, indication, or evidence, especially of a person.

idiomatic, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“He retired last⟳ June, and his coworkers have⟳ seen neither hide⟳ nor hair of him since.”

“Not a one of us could catch⟳ hide⟳ nor hair nor sight nor sound⟳ of them.”

“1982, Richard Schickel, "Flesh and Flash⟳" (review⟳ of Cat People), Time, 5 Apr., No rational explanation for her lamentable condition is advanced, neither hide⟳ nor hair of a leopard is ever spotted, and certainly no scene in which woman literally turns into cat, or vice versa, is ever played.”

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