hide nor hair

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === hide nor hair (uncountable) (idiomatic) A trace, indication, or evidence, especially of a person. 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. ==== Usage notes ==== Used only in negative grammatical constructions to describe the complete absence of someone or something. ==== Synonyms ==== hide or hair ==== Translations ====