know someone from Adamとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

know someone from Adam (third-person singular simple present knows someone from Adam, present participle knowing someone from Adam, simple past knew someone from Adam, past participle known someone from Adam)

1. (idiomatic) To know or recognize someone at all.

   Synonyms: know from a bar of soap, know someone from Adam's off ox, know someone from Eve, know from a bar of soap, know someone from a can of paint, know someone from a hole in the ground, know someone from a hole in the wall, know someone from the man in the moon

   • 1938, Graham Greene, Brighton Rock:

     'Who is she, anyway? Interfering . . . pestering . . . you must know.' 'I don't know her from Adam,' the Boy said.

   • 1963, Audrey Lillian Barker, The joy-ride and after:

     "Well," he said, "do you know me from Adam?"

使用する際の注意点

• Almost always used in the negative.