Interpret the meaning of the bold idiom in the following sentence. "Naturally it worries me. I cannot make head or tail of it."

He doesn't know the head from the tail.
He isn't sure how to make it.
He can't make sense of it.
He has no interest in making sense of it.
He understands completely.

He can't make sense of it

Explanation:

the answer is:

to persuade readers that a conquering prince must destroy a former republic if he hopes to hold it.

in the excerpt from "the prince," the author niccolò machiavelli suggests that to take possession of a city and endure the control over it, it is necessary to destroy it first. otherwise, people who have known freedom will eventually turn against the new rulers and fight back to recover their power.