know what it is to be/do something

know what it is to be (something)

To have thorough knowledge about or a lot of experience of being something. Don't stand there and act like you know what it is to be a soldier. You've never even been in combat. You should talk to Deborah. She certainly knows what it is to be a single mother running her own business.

know what it is to be/do something

have personal experience of being/doing something: I know what it is to be a mother, so believe me when I say it is very hard work.

词组	know what it is to be/do something
释义	know what it is to be/do something know what it is to be (something) To have thorough knowledge about or a lot of experience of being something. Don't stand there and act like you know what it is to be a soldier. You've never even been in combat. You should talk to Deborah. She certainly knows what it is to be a single mother running her own business. See also: know, what Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. know what it is to be/do something have personal experience of being/doing something: I know what it is to be a mother, so believe me when I say it is very hard work. See also: know, something, what Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: know what it is to be (something) know (someone or something) through and through know through and through a world of a world of (something) put one through paces plan out put (something) through its paces root out think through
随便看	come to a bad/sticky end come to a boil come to a climax come to a close come to a conclusion come to a dead end come to a full stop come to a grinding/screeching halt 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