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

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.

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.

词组	know (someone) from Adam, doesn't/not to
释义	know (someone) from Adam, doesn't/not to 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 McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. 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 The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: doesn't know beans (I) can't say as I do(, can't say as I don't) all in (one's) head don't bet on it don't give up the ship don't cry before you are hurt don't ask me don't ask me! don't give me that story don't hand me that story
随便看	come to a halt come to a head come to a head, to come to an end come to an impasse come to an understanding come to an understanding with (one) come to an untimely end come to a parting of the ways come to a pretty pass come to assistance come to a standstill come to a sticky end come to a stop come to a/the conclusion come to attention come to blows come to blows about (something) come to blows, to come to feet come to fruition come together come to grief come to grief, to come to grips with