拎不清

拎不清

Literally means:

be ignorant of something

Actually means:

addle-headed

It describes a person who is ignorant about the cause and the consequence of things and has no idea how to handle it. It also refers to impropriety or impertinence. In the first sense, it connotes impertinence in handling affairs because one is addleheaded or insensible; when used in the second sense, it often implies ignorance; when used in the second secon, it often implies ignorance of the situation and the lack of propriety. Derogatory.

指对事情不清楚，特别是对事情的原由和后果，原和后该怎么做等没有搞清楚。也指不知好歹或不知不清，办事冒失的意味;用在后稀里糊涂，思路趣。用在第一种意思时，常有一种意思时，常有不懂利害关系，不会见机行事的意味。具有贬义色彩。