from Adam

== English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Verb === 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) (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 ==== Usage notes ==== Almost always used in the negative. ==== Translations ====