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NOT KNOW SOMEONE FROM ADAM <9 It says in the Bible that Adam was the
first man on earth. From that, though we aren't sure why, to not know someone
from Adam is to not know or recognize someone (a man) at all. "I don't know who
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
... status of each person. know your onions: see ONION. know your own mind be
decisive and certain. not know beans about: see BEAN. not know you are born:
see BORN not know someone from Adam: see ADAM. not know if you are
coming ...
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Speaking of Animals: A Dictionary of Animal Metaphors
ADAM'S OFF ON to not know someone from Adam's off ox. To have absolutely no
knowledge of, or acquaintance with, someone. Source: OX. WNNCD: O.E. The
original expression was "to not know someone from Adam." Adam is portrayed as
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Robert Allen Palmatier,
1995
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
not know someone from Adam to be ignorant about an identification UK, 1784
Adam and Eve noun a pill of MDEA and MDMA, the recreational drugs best
known as ecstasy. A combination of ADAM (MDMA) and the obvious partner;
note ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell,
2007
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
18, 1972 ▻ not know someone from Adam to be ignorant about an identification
uk, um • Keep away from the prisoner if you please. We don't know you from
Adam — John Wynnum, Jiggm' in the Riggin', p. 95, 1965 Adam and Eve noun a
pill ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor,
2006
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The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
You know where you are with Stuart. know who's who be aware of the identity
and status of each person. know your own mind be decisive and certain. not
know someone from Adam:see ADAM. not know what hit you be hit, killed, or
attacked ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English
phrases not know someone from Adam not know or be completely unable to
recognize the person in question. – origin from Hebrew 'a ̄d ̄a ̄m 'man', later
taken to be a name. Adam2, Robert (1728–92), Scottish architect. He was
influenced ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Cf.: not know (someone) from Adam. Not to know that person at all: coll.: since
mid-C.18. Sessions, Feb. 1784, p. 400. not know it' (one) is coming or going. To
be perplexed, bemused, befuddled or ignorant of what is happening around one:
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
not know someone from Adam to be unable to distinguish or recognize them at
all. © 1 6c: Hebrew, meaning man'. adamant /'adamant/ e» adj completely
determined; not likely to change one's mind or opinion. • adamantly adverb.
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Chambers Pocket Dictionary
not know someone from Adam not to know someone well enough to be able to
recognise him or her. [Hebr adam, man] adam's apple n the slight lump, part of
the thyroid gland, that projects from the front of a man's neck, adamant adj (about)
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Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton,
1992