| 单词 | to know one's stuff |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto know one's stuff g. to know one's stuff : to be experienced or knowledgeable in one's subject, profession, etc. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > be versed or skilled [verb (intransitive)] to have the way (also ways)?1520 to know what something is1535 practise1542 skilla1586 to be one's craftsmaster1594 to know the ropes1802 to know one's way around1861 to know (something) backwards1904 to know one's stuff1927 1927 Amer. Speech 2 277 Know your onions or know your stuff, have grasp of your subjects. 1935 Swing Music June 111/1 The Little Man of the Rhythm Clubs did himself proud in this test paper. He knows his stuff. 1938 G. Greene Brighton Rock iii. i. 108 ‘This doctor,’ she says, ‘he knows his stuff?’ 1945 R. A. Knox God & Atom x. 132 All I have written could have been written very much better by someone who, in an expressive modern phrase, knew his stuff. 1952 J. Steinbeck East of Eden xxxiii. 46 It's a lulu. Kate sure knows her stuff. 1967 J. M. Argyle Psychol. Interpersonal Behaviour ix. 166 His [sc. the supervisor's] influence will be accepted more readily if it is believed that he really knows his stuff. 1973 A. Christie Postern of Fate iii. vii. 174 ‘He gave me a lot of knowledge about planting things.’ ‘Yes, he knew his stuff, as you might say.’ < as lemmas |
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