Idiom
know someone from Adam
Meaning
To know or recognize someone at all.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I do not know him from Adam.”
“The man introduced himself at the party, but I honestly did not know him from Adam.”
“Although the stranger claimed to be an old friend, I did not know him from Adam and felt quite suspicious of his motives.”
Examples
simple
“I do not know him from Adam.”
contextual
“The man introduced himself at the party, but I honestly did not know him from Adam.”
complex
“Although the stranger claimed to be an old friend, I did not know him from Adam and felt quite suspicious of his motives.”
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