| 单词 | to know like the back of one's hand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto know (something) like the back of one's hand a. The convex or outer side of the hand, opposite to the palm. colloquial phrases: the back of my hand to (something or somebody), a phrase implying contempt and rejection (Scottish and Irish English dialect); to know (something) like the back of one's hand: to be thoroughly familiar or conversant with. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] > back of backa1300 dorsum1840 a1300 W. de Biblesworth in Wright Voc. 147 The bac of the hand, la claye dehoris. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. ii. 223 Being offer'd him, he put it by with the backe of his hand thus. View more context for this quotation 1768 A. Ross Rock & Wee Pickle Tow in Fortunate Shepherdess 131 The back o' my hand to the spinning o 't. 1831 S. Lover Legends & Stories Ireland 147 The back o' my hand and the sowl o' my fut to you. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xiii. 164 As he drew the back of his hand across his lips. 1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 199 ‘And have you nothing for me, duckie?’ ‘O, you! The back of my hand to you!’ said Mrs Kernan tartly. 1943 M. Millar Wall of Eyes 154 I know him as well as I know the back of my hand. 1944 ‘M. Innes’ Weight of Evidence x. 107 I know that book like the back of my hand. 1956 M. Stewart Wildfire at Midnight i. 17 I know the district like the back of my hand. 1968 ‘C. Aird’ Henrietta Who? x. 97 I know that photograph like the back of my hand. < as lemmas |
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