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Where did the phrase 'know it like the back of your hand' come from?
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∙ 14y ago
like you study or look at it so much that you know it like the back of your hand.....u dont have to look at it to read it off
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What does the Cliche know it like the back of my hand mean?
It means that I am very familiar with it; I know it as well as I know parts of my own body. cos' everyone knows what the back of their hand looks like, its just like...easy and therefore they are familiar with it.... "Jimmy knew the mountains like the back of his hand" "what do you mean by that" "I'm comparing his knowledge to his familiarisation with the back of his hand" "Oh, now I understand the idiom which you previously utilised" "(smiles_"
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What does the Cliche know it like the back of my hand mean?
It means that I am very familiar with it; I know it as well as I know parts of my own body. cos' everyone knows what the back of their hand looks like, its just like...easy and therefore they are familiar with it.... "Jimmy knew the mountains like the back of his hand" "what do you mean by that" "I'm comparing his knowledge to his familiarisation with the back of his hand" "Oh, now I understand the idiom which you previously utilised" "(smiles_"
