know a hawk from a handsaw
know a hawk from a handsaw
To be able to tell two things apart. The phrase comes from Shakespeare's Hamlet. Of course I know which twin is which—I know a hawk from a handsaw, after all!
See also: hawk, know
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- know chalk from cheese
- as we know it
- know a trick or two
- in the biblical sense
- I know
- Don’t I know it!
- don't I know it
- before you know where you are
- by any chance
- AFAIK