| 单词 | not to know from adam |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to know (someone) from Adam a. not to know (someone) from Adam: not to know or recognize (a person) (at all); to be unacquainted with. Cf. know v. Phrases 38. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > recognition > absence of recognition > not recognize [phrase] not to know (someone) from Adam1750 1750 Proc. Old Bailey 5 Dec. 8/2 Bourne. I don't know that boy (meaning Hatton) from Adam. 1784 London Sessions Feb. 400/1 Some man stopped me, I do not know him from Adam. 1795 T. Wilkinson Wandering Patentee IV. 129 He was so great a stranger I should not have known him from our father Adam. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. xxxviii. 6 He called to see my Governor this morning,..and beyond that I don't know him from Adam. 1854 S. Smith Way down East 60 We didn't know one of 'em from Adam. 1900 J. Buchan Half-hearted xx I found people I didn't know from Adam drinking the old toasts. 1956 S. Selvon Lonely Londoners 7 That was the hurtful part of it—is not as if this fellar is his cousin or even friend; he don't know the man from Adam. 2001 J. Boyle Galloway Street 104 Why should I go shelling out for a present, she says, when I don't know the girl from Adam? < as lemmas |
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