Idiom meaning, usage examples, facts
KNOW (SOMEONE) FROM ADAM, NOTto be unable to recognize someone because the person is a stranger
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1. Who is that speaking at the podium? Is it the chairman? I don’t know him from Adam.
2. A strange woman approached us at the train station. I assumed that she was Mrs. Smith, whom we were supposed to meet, but it was hard to tell since we didn’t know Mrs. Smith from Adam. |
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