Adam

Related to Adam: Adam and Eve

(as) old as Adam

humorous Very old. An allusion to Adam, the first human created by God in the Bible. Oh, she's old as Adam, she can't hear us. Why don't we ever sing new songs? Those hymns are as old as Adam.

See also: Adam, old

Adam and Eve

slang To believe (something). The phrase comes from rhyming slang in which "Adam and Eve" rhymes with "believe." Primarily heard in UK. I can't Adam and Eve it—Bill and Sarah are finally getting married! Little Jimmy, a world-famous author. Cor, who'd have Adam and Eved it?

Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve

A phrase that uses the Bible as the basis for discouraging homosexuality. I can't believe some people still make the argument "Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve" in today's day and age.

Adam Henry

slang A euphemistic way to call someone an "asshole," playing on that word's use of the letters A and H. Don't pay attention to that guy, he's a real Adam Henry. Whoa, stop yelling at me. Why are you acting like such an Adam Henry today?

Adam Tiler

obsolete The accomplice of a pickpocket, who is given and escapes with the stolen goods. Here, "Adam" refers to the first man (as in the Garden of Eden), while "Tiler" is an obsolete slang term for a pickpocket. We have caught the pickpocket, but some Adam Tiler made off with the money.

Adam's ale

Water. A humorous phrase based on the idea that the only thing Adam and Eve had to drink in the Garden of Eden was water. I don't have any beer, but I can offer you some Adam's ale.

Adam's off ox

Someone or something that one does not know or cannot readily identify. The phrase is used in an extension of the expression "not know (someone) from Adam" (the Biblical figure), meaning to not know them at all. In a team of oxen, the "off ox" is the one on the "off" side of the driver (i.e. the one positioned the farthest away). Who's that guy? I wouldn't know him from Adam's off ox.

Fanny Adams

obsolete A ration of tinned mutton, as provided upon a naval ship. This macabre sobriquet was taken from the name of an eight-year-old girl who was brutally murdered in 1867, thus likening the quality of the meat rations to the remains of the young girl. I swear if I have to eat Fanny Adams one more time, I will throw myself overboard.

not know (one) from Adam

To not know who one is just by looking at them; to have never met someone before. Even though Jake had worked at the company for nearly 10 years, the boss still didn't know him from Adam. I don't blame them for not giving me permission right away. They don't know me from Adam.

since Adam was a boy

For a very long time. An allusion to Adam, the first human created by God in the Bible. What does Grandma mean when she says she's been teaching third grade since Adam was a boy?

since Adam was a wee lad

For a very long time. An allusion to Adam, the first human created by God in the Bible. What does Grandma mean when she says she's been teaching third grade since Adam was a wee lad?

sweet Fanny Adams

slang Nothing at all. The term is a euphemistic substitution for "sweet fuck all," which means the same thing. Sometimes shortened to "sweet FA." I worked there for 20 years and was dismissed with sweet Fanny Adams to show for it!

the old Adam

The evil or reckless side of human nature, as attributed to the Biblical Adam (who disobeyed God's orders). I'm so sorry I yelled at you like that—the old Adam really got a hold of me there. The old Adam is in each of you, but do not succumb to it. Turn away from sin, children.

See also: Adam, old

up and at 'em

1. Promptly awake and ready to start the day's activities. A colloquial shortening of "up and at them." We have to be up and at 'em by 7 AM tomorrow morning if we want to fit in everything we have planned. I've always preferred to go to bed early so I can be up and at 'em first thing in the morning.

2. Wake up, get out of bed, and start your day! Up and at 'em, sleepy head! You've got a busy morning, so you'd better get a move on.

See also: and, up

Would you Adam and Eve it?

slang Would you believe it? The phrase comes from rhyming slang in which "Adam and Eve" rhymes with "believe." Primarily heard in UK. Would you Adam and Eve it? Bill and Sarah are finally getting married!

not know someone from Adam

Fig. not to know someone by sight at all. I wouldn't recognize John if I saw him up close. I don't know him from Adam. What does she look like? I don't know her from Adam.

up and at 'em

Fig. up and taking action. Dad woke me at seven, saying, "Up and at'em!" It's six-thirty. Time for us to be up and at 'em.

See also: and, up

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

not know someone from Adam

Be unable to recognize someone, as in Although I have worked here for two months, I've never seen the department head; I wouldn't know her from Adam . This term refers to the biblical story about the world's first human being. As at least one writer has pointed out, differentiating someone from Adam makes little sense since he had no name and wore only a fig leaf. [Mid-1800s]

old as Adam

Also, old as the hills. Ancient, as in He must be as old as Adam by now, or That joke is as old as the hills. The first term, alluding to the first human created by God, according to the Bible, was first recorded only in 1867. The variant, referring to geological time (when mountains were created), dates from about 1800.

See also: Adam, old

up and at 'em

Get going, get busy, as in Up and at 'em-there's a lot of work to be done. This colloquial idiom, often uttered as a command, uses at 'em (for "at them") in the general sense of tackling a project, and not in reference to specific persons.

See also: and, up

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

not know someone from Adam

If you don't know someone from Adam, you do not know them at all. We have one contact, who is simply a voice on the phone to us. I don't know him from Adam. These people were friends of a friend, who didn't know me from Adam. Note: According to the Bible, Adam was the first human being.

not know someone from Adam

not know or be completely unable to recognize the person in question. informal

the old Adam

unregenerate human nature.

In Christian symbolism, the old Adam represents fallen man as contrasted with the second Adam , Jesus Christ.

1993 Outdoor Canada It is the Old Adam in us. We are descendants of a long line of dirt farmers, sheepherders…and so forth.

See also: Adam, old

sweet Fanny Adams

absolutely nothing at all. informal

Fanny Adams was the youthful victim in a famous murder case in 1867 , her body being mutilated and cut to pieces by the killer. With gruesome black humour, her name came to be used as a slang term for a type of tinned meat or stew recently introduced to the Royal Navy; the current meaning developed early in the 20th century. Sweet Fanny Adams is often abbreviated in speech to sweet FA , which is understood by many to be a euphemism for sweet fuck all .

not know somebody from ˈAdam

(informal) not know who somebody is: This man came into the office and he said that he knew me. I didn’t know him from Adam, which was a bit embarrassing.

Adam

n. MDMA (3-4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine), Ecstasy. (see also the unrelated up an’ Adam.) She spent the early part of the evening trying to score some Adam.

Adam Henry

n. an AH = asshole, = jerk. Treated as a name. Why don’t you get some smarts, Adam Henry?

up and at them

and up an’ at ’em and up an’ Adam

phr. to get up and go at people or things; to get active and get busy. (Adam is a [purposeful] misunderstanding of at ’em.) Up and Adam! The sun is shining.

See also: and, up

up an’ Adam

verb

See up and at them

as old as Adam

Extremely ancient, well known long ago. The Adam reference, of course, is to the first book of the Bible, in which Adam is the first human being created by God. The OED traces the expression only to 1867. Similar clichés include old as the hills and from time immemorial. See also know (someone) from Adam.

See also: Adam, old

don't know from Adam

See know from Adam.

know (someone) from Adam, doesn't/not to

Not acquainted with someone. The Adam referred to in this mid-nineteenth century term is the first human being according to the Book of Genesis. One writer suggests that the inability to recognize Adam is the height of foolishness, since he had no name and wore only a fig leaf, but this point does not seem particularly relevant. The French have a similar saying that includes Eve as well (“Je ne connais ni d’Eve ni d’Adam”).

not know from Adam

See know from Adam.

up and at 'em

Get going, become active. This interjection, from the late 1800s, is a kind of wake-up call. The at ’em, for “at them,” does not refer to any particular individuals but rather is used in the general sense of tackling some work or undertaking an activity. For example, “We only have a week to write the budget, so up and at ’em, fellows.”

See also: and, up

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

Adam's ale

A jocular term for water, based on the strong likelihood that Adam hadn't discovered anything stronger (and they call the Garden of Eden a paradise?). Apparently no fans of alliterations, Scots used to refer to water as “Adam's beer.”

Adam's off ox

An unrecognizable person or thing. “I wouldn't know him from Adam's off ox” was the equivalent of the contemporary “I wouldn't know him from a hole in the ground.” Since horses and other beasts of transportation and burden are handled from the left side, the left side is referred to as their “near side” and the right side their “off ” side. Not to be able to distinguish between someone and the farther-away animal of the first man on Earth is indeed not too know very much at all about a person

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释义	Adam Related to Adam: Adam and Eve (as) old as Adam humorous Very old. An allusion to Adam, the first human created by God in the Bible. Oh, she's old as Adam, she can't hear us. Why don't we ever sing new songs? Those hymns are as old as Adam. See also: Adam, old Adam and Eve slang To believe (something). The phrase comes from rhyming slang in which "Adam and Eve" rhymes with "believe." Primarily heard in UK. I can't Adam and Eve it—Bill and Sarah are finally getting married! Little Jimmy, a world-famous author. Cor, who'd have Adam and Eved it? See also: Adam, and, eve Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve A phrase that uses the Bible as the basis for discouraging homosexuality. I can't believe some people still make the argument "Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve" in today's day and age. See also: Adam, and, not Adam Henry slang A euphemistic way to call someone an "asshole," playing on that word's use of the letters A and H. Don't pay attention to that guy, he's a real Adam Henry. Whoa, stop yelling at me. Why are you acting like such an Adam Henry today? See also: Adam, henry Adam Tiler obsolete The accomplice of a pickpocket, who is given and escapes with the stolen goods. Here, "Adam" refers to the first man (as in the Garden of Eden), while "Tiler" is an obsolete slang term for a pickpocket. We have caught the pickpocket, but some Adam Tiler made off with the money. See also: Adam Adam's ale Water. A humorous phrase based on the idea that the only thing Adam and Eve had to drink in the Garden of Eden was water. I don't have any beer, but I can offer you some Adam's ale. See also: ale Adam's off ox Someone or something that one does not know or cannot readily identify. The phrase is used in an extension of the expression "not know (someone) from Adam" (the Biblical figure), meaning to not know them at all. In a team of oxen, the "off ox" is the one on the "off" side of the driver (i.e. the one positioned the farthest away). Who's that guy? I wouldn't know him from Adam's off ox. See also: off, ox Fanny Adams obsolete A ration of tinned mutton, as provided upon a naval ship. This macabre sobriquet was taken from the name of an eight-year-old girl who was brutally murdered in 1867, thus likening the quality of the meat rations to the remains of the young girl. I swear if I have to eat Fanny Adams one more time, I will throw myself overboard. See also: Adam, fanny not know (one) from Adam To not know who one is just by looking at them; to have never met someone before. Even though Jake had worked at the company for nearly 10 years, the boss still didn't know him from Adam. I don't blame them for not giving me permission right away. They don't know me from Adam. See also: Adam, know, not since Adam was a boy For a very long time. An allusion to Adam, the first human created by God in the Bible. What does Grandma mean when she says she's been teaching third grade since Adam was a boy? See also: Adam, boy, since since Adam was a wee lad For a very long time. An allusion to Adam, the first human created by God in the Bible. What does Grandma mean when she says she's been teaching third grade since Adam was a wee lad? See also: Adam, lad, since, wee sweet Fanny Adams slang Nothing at all. The term is a euphemistic substitution for "sweet fuck all," which means the same thing. Sometimes shortened to "sweet FA." I worked there for 20 years and was dismissed with sweet Fanny Adams to show for it! See also: Adam, fanny, sweet the old Adam The evil or reckless side of human nature, as attributed to the Biblical Adam (who disobeyed God's orders). I'm so sorry I yelled at you like that—the old Adam really got a hold of me there. The old Adam is in each of you, but do not succumb to it. Turn away from sin, children. See also: Adam, old up and at 'em 1. Promptly awake and ready to start the day's activities. A colloquial shortening of "up and at them." We have to be up and at 'em by 7 AM tomorrow morning if we want to fit in everything we have planned. I've always preferred to go to bed early so I can be up and at 'em first thing in the morning. 2. Wake up, get out of bed, and start your day! Up and at 'em, sleepy head! You've got a busy morning, so you'd better get a move on. See also: and, up Would you Adam and Eve it? slang Would you believe it? The phrase comes from rhyming slang in which "Adam and Eve" rhymes with "believe." Primarily heard in UK. Would you Adam and Eve it? Bill and Sarah are finally getting married! See also: Adam, and, eve Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. not know someone from Adam Fig. not to know someone by sight at all. I wouldn't recognize John if I saw him up close. I don't know him from Adam. What does she look like? I don't know her from Adam. See also: Adam, know, not up and at 'em Fig. up and taking action. Dad woke me at seven, saying, "Up and at'em!" It's six-thirty. Time for us to be up and at 'em. See also: and, up McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. not know someone from Adam Be unable to recognize someone, as in Although I have worked here for two months, I've never seen the department head; I wouldn't know her from Adam . This term refers to the biblical story about the world's first human being. As at least one writer has pointed out, differentiating someone from Adam makes little sense since he had no name and wore only a fig leaf. [Mid-1800s] See also: Adam, know, not, someone old as Adam Also, old as the hills. Ancient, as in He must be as old as Adam by now, or That joke is as old as the hills. The first term, alluding to the first human created by God, according to the Bible, was first recorded only in 1867. The variant, referring to geological time (when mountains were created), dates from about 1800. See also: Adam, old up and at 'em Get going, get busy, as in Up and at 'em-there's a lot of work to be done. This colloquial idiom, often uttered as a command, uses at 'em (for "at them") in the general sense of tackling a project, and not in reference to specific persons. See also: and, up The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. not know someone from Adam If you don't know someone from Adam, you do not know them at all. We have one contact, who is simply a voice on the phone to us. I don't know him from Adam. These people were friends of a friend, who didn't know me from Adam. Note: According to the Bible, Adam was the first human being. See also: Adam, know, not, someone Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. not know someone from Adam not know or be completely unable to recognize the person in question. informal See also: Adam, know, not, someone the old Adam unregenerate human nature. In Christian symbolism, the old Adam represents fallen man as contrasted with the second Adam , Jesus Christ. 1993 Outdoor Canada It is the Old Adam in us. We are descendants of a long line of dirt farmers, sheepherders…and so forth. See also: Adam, old sweet Fanny Adams absolutely nothing at all. informal Fanny Adams was the youthful victim in a famous murder case in 1867 , her body being mutilated and cut to pieces by the killer. With gruesome black humour, her name came to be used as a slang term for a type of tinned meat or stew recently introduced to the Royal Navy; the current meaning developed early in the 20th century. Sweet Fanny Adams is often abbreviated in speech to sweet FA , which is understood by many to be a euphemism for sweet fuck all . See also: Adam, fanny, sweet Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary not know somebody from ˈAdam (informal) not know who somebody is: This man came into the office and he said that he knew me. I didn’t know him from Adam, which was a bit embarrassing. See also: Adam, know, not, somebody Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary Adam n. MDMA (3-4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine), Ecstasy. (see also the unrelated up an’ Adam.) She spent the early part of the evening trying to score some Adam. Adam Henry n. an AH = asshole, = jerk. Treated as a name. Why don’t you get some smarts, Adam Henry? See also: Adam, henry up and at them and up an’ at ’em and up an’ Adam phr. to get up and go at people or things; to get active and get busy. (Adam is a [purposeful] misunderstanding of at ’em.) Up and Adam! The sun is shining. See also: and, up up an’ Adam verb See up and at them See also: Adam, up McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions as old as Adam Extremely ancient, well known long ago. The Adam reference, of course, is to the first book of the Bible, in which Adam is the first human being created by God. The OED traces the expression only to 1867. Similar clichés include old as the hills and from time immemorial. See also know (someone) from Adam. See also: Adam, old don't know from Adam See know from Adam. See also: Adam, know know (someone) from Adam, doesn't/not to Not acquainted with someone. The Adam referred to in this mid-nineteenth century term is the first human being according to the Book of Genesis. One writer suggests that the inability to recognize Adam is the height of foolishness, since he had no name and wore only a fig leaf, but this point does not seem particularly relevant. The French have a similar saying that includes Eve as well (“Je ne connais ni d’Eve ni d’Adam”). See also: know, not not know from Adam See know from Adam. See also: Adam, know, not up and at 'em Get going, become active. This interjection, from the late 1800s, is a kind of wake-up call. The at ’em, for “at them,” does not refer to any particular individuals but rather is used in the general sense of tackling some work or undertaking an activity. For example, “We only have a week to write the budget, so up and at ’em, fellows.” See also: and, up The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer Adam's ale A jocular term for water, based on the strong likelihood that Adam hadn't discovered anything stronger (and they call the Garden of Eden a paradise?). Apparently no fans of alliterations, Scots used to refer to water as “Adam's beer.” See also: ale Adam's off ox An unrecognizable person or thing. “I wouldn't know him from Adam's off ox” was the equivalent of the contemporary “I wouldn't know him from a hole in the ground.” Since horses and other beasts of transportation and burden are handled from the left side, the left side is referred to as their “near side” and the right side their “off ” side. Not to be able to distinguish between someone and the farther-away animal of the first man on Earth is indeed not too know very much at all about a person See also: off, ox Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price See also: (as) old as Adam as old as Adam old as Adam be (as) old as the hills (as) old as the hills since Adam was a boy since Adam was a wee lad the old Adam (as) old as Methuselah bolt bucket References in periodicals archive During his four years at Newtown, Adam progressed from his initial administrator role right through to becoming a property lister across both the sales and lettings sectors. McCartneys welcomes a new face to the team 'Black Adam' is based on a story of a boy Aman who belongs to a fictional tribe in an Arab country called Khandaq but he gets thrown into slavery at a very young age. Jaume Collet-Serra Directing Black Adam Adam focused on revitalising run-down neighbourhoods and ended up investing in properties on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico, becoming part-owner of a holiday resort. Black Widow hired a hitman because divorce money just wasn't enough; When millionaire Adam Anhang asked his wife Aurea Vazquez Rijos for a divorce, she would have received hundreds of thousands of pounds, but that just wasn't enough for her.. Aurea has been trying together own way since she set her sights on Adam, and her motive was greed. Black widow's deadly greed; When millionaire Adam Anhang asked his wife Aurea Vazquez Rijos for a divorce, she would have received hundreds of thousands of pounds, but that just wasn't enough for her Adam claims his father was not his right mind when he made his wills and is challenging them. Car booty battle; Family at war over PS5million estate of telly series farmer One wonders how come Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge. The greatest mistake of Adam Adam's parents, Andy and Karen, have since learned that he was planning to study the area for his geography work at Edge Hill University next year. Family launch fresh appeal over missing Adam, 20 Adam's mum, Annette, has been receiving treatment since early 2018. Head shaved for mum's cancer journey But supportive stepmum Cheryl has told how she hopes 22-yearold Adam's love life on the outside will flourish after speaking to his favourite girl Zara McDermott, who he coupled up with on the inside. Ditched in a shock eviction - but a new shore may be calling; LoveIsland." RUN COULD LEAD TO ANOTHER REALITY TV ROLE While 24 hours earlier, viewers, like a few girls on the show, were falling at personal; trainer Adam's feet, they were positively FUMING just minutes into Tuesday's episode when his choice was revealed. Love Island's Adam leaves viewers fuming after breaking Kendall and Niall up; On Monday everyone loved Newcastle guy Adam on Love Island but on Tuesday viewers of the itv2 show weren't so enamoured Adam was beaten by Shonul Kunimal, another six year old Indian whizkid and student of Indian School Ghubra-International, for the first place. Adam second in UAE Rotax Max Challenge Zaiton Abdul Rahman, 56, told the Sessions Court here today that there was no signed agreement when she handed over the money in cash to Adam Rosly on that date. Mother-in-law admits lending RM100,000 to Adam Rosly Adam, 29, played pupil Donte Charles in the Rochdale-based BBC school drama Waterloo Road from 2006 to 2009 and he played Adam in the ITV soap Emmerdale from 2009 until his character's exit last month. FORMER Coronation Street [...]; THE DIARY In association with Got a story? Email: dianne.bourne@men-news.co.ukorkatie.fitzpatrick@trinitymirror.com Phone: 0161 211 2816/2484 Twitter: @CelebManchester See more celebrity pictures, videos and interviews online at: manchestereveningnews.co.uk dianne bourne & katie fitzpatrickwith all the inside stories The audience in the stadium- estimated at 15,000 people- chanted "We love you, Adam", with the boy V-signing in return wearing the T-shirt of Tishreen Club. Sport and support come together within "We love you, Adam" Adam's day alternates between the mundane and the extraordinary: Angela and Marty both have revelations to share; Linus needs more from Adam than his heart is ready to give; and Adam's tenuous truce with his father may be coming to an end. Release: A stunning story of a single day
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