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know
verb
▶ know b from bull foot
to know anything at all TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Usually used in the negative.- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
▶ know backwards
to have a thorough knowledge of something UK, 1904- La Bohéme is an opera most of us think we know backwards–but it is often misunderstood. — The Guardian, 28 January 2002
▶ know how many beans make five
to be not easily fooled UK, 1830- Oh, I know how many beans make five, Doctor. You don’t have to be a Time Lord to cope with A-level maths. — Peter Grimwade, Doctor Who, 1983
▶ know inside out
to have a thorough knowledge of something UK, 1921- He had worked strenuously with housing associations and knew inside-out the renting and enforcing hell hole of North Kensington. — The Guardian, 31 July 2000
▶ know like the back of your hand
to have a thorough knowledge of something UK, 1943
A simile that is easier said than done.- [H]e knows his and Hemingway’s part of the lagoon like the back of his hand. — The Guardian, 23 February 2002
▶ know someone who knows someone
to be able to obtain an article for less than its retail price, referring to either wholesale rates or the acquisition of stolen property UK, 1984
▶ know the score
to understand what is going on US
Referring to a musical score, not the score of a sports contest.- Murph was a professional musician now, and he knew the score[.] — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 50, 1946
▶ know your onions
having knowledge that comes from experience US, 1922
Also in the variations: “know your apples” (since 1945); “oats” (since 1926); “oil” (since 1925). Lesser variations include: “groceries” (1928); “okara” (around 1947); “sweet potatoes” (1928). The formula is also used to describe a specified field of knowledge, e.g. “know your hockey” (about 1929).- I know my onions, I’ve done jobs before[.] — Danny King, The Burglar Diaries, p. 116, 2001
▶ know your shit
to have knowledge that comes from experience US, 1984- [T]he majority of Ibiza’s clubbers really know their shit and wouldn’t accept a half-hearted performance from anybody[.] — Wayne Anthony, Spanish Highs, p. 80, 1999
▶ not know from a bar of soap
to not know at all AUSTRALIA, 1918- I don’t know these people from a bar of soap anyway. They’re Gillian’s friends not mine. — Barry Humphries, A Nice Night’s Entertainment, p. 103, 1968
- — Rex Hunt, Tall Tales–and True, p. 84, 1994
▶ not know from the hole in your arse
to be ignorant of UK- "No you fuckin’ listen, you come in here without Roy and with some guy I don’t know from the hole in my arse..." I fuckin’ hate crude women. "... and try to tell me everything’s fuckin’ cool." — J.J. Connolly, Know Your Enemy, p. 156, 1999
▶ not know whether you are Arthur or Martha
to be in a state of confusion AUSTRALIA- Stone the crows, these Movement blokes don’t know whether they’re Arthur or Martha! — Ray Slatterly, Mobb’s Mob, p. 57, 1966
- [T]he boys don’t know whether they’re Arthur or Martha, what with all the talk about Red plots, there, and the latest telegram from Judge Parshall. — Frank Hardy, The Outcasts of Foolgarah, p. 76, 1971
▶ not know whether you are coming or going
to be in a state of confusion, befuddlement or perplexity UK, 1924- Both in and out of the sack, they of ten don’t seem to know whether they are coming or going. — The Observer, 17 August 2003
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