know someone from Adam en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic) To know or recognize someone at all.
'Who is she, anyway? Interfering . . . pestering . . . you must know.' 'I don't know her from Adam,' the Boy said.
1938, Graham Greene, Brighton Rock:"Well," he said, "do you know me from Adam?"
1963, Audrey Lillian Barker, The joy-ride and after:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| knew someone from Adam | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| knows someone from Adam | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| knowing someone from Adam | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| known someone from Adam | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Synonyms
know from a bar of soap · know someone from Adam's off ox · know someone from Eve · know someone from a can of paint · know someone from a hole in the ground · know someone from the man in the moon · know someone from a hole in the wall
Translations (5)
fi tunnistaa (Translations) · fr ne connaître ni d'Ève ni d'Adam (Translations) · pl znać (Translations) · fi tuntea (with lainkaan, ollenkaan) (Translations) · nl van haar noch pluim kennen (Translations)