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词组 know your onions
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Idiom
know your onionsknow (your) onions
British & Australian, humorous to know a lot about a particular subject.
That car salesman certainly knew his onions, didn't he?
idiomknow your onions BrEBrEold-fashioned used in order to say that someone knows a lot about their job or main activity:Morley knows his onions, and if he says the car's a good buy, they buy it.NoteThis idiom comes from Cockney rhyming slang. Know your onions is from 'know your onion rings' (=slices of onion fried in oil), which sounds the same as 'know your things'.

know (one's) onions

To be very knowledgeable or skilled in some area. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. I think Nicole is our best candidate for the job—when it comes to corporate accounting, she really knows her onions.

know your onions

BRITISH, OLD-FASHIONED
If you know your onions, you know a lot about a particular subject. She really knows her onions in the historical field. Note: This may derive from the rhyming slang `onion rings', meaning `things'.

know your onions

be fully knowledgeable about something. informal
Onions is perhaps short for rhyming slang onion rings , meaning ‘things’. The phrase dates from the 1920s.
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