know someone from Adam's off ox

English

Verb

know someone from Adam's off ox (third-person singular simple present knows someone from Adam's off ox, present participle knowing someone from Adam's off ox, simple past knew someone from Adam's off ox, past participle known someone from Adam's off ox)

1. Synonym of know someone from Adam
   • 1911, Theodore Dreiser, chapter XXXIX, in Jennie Gerhardt‎^[1]:

     You never saw the woman. You wouldn't know her from Adam's off ox.

See also

• off ox