- like the back of your hand
- If you know something like the back of your hand, you know it very well indeed.(Dorking School Dictionary)
English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.
like the back of your hand
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like the back of your hand — If you know something like the back of your hand, you know it very well indeed … The small dictionary of idiomes
know something like the back of your hand — phrase to be very familiar with something, especially a place or way of going somewhere She knows these streets like the back of her hand. Thesaurus: to know something or someonesynonym Main entry: back * * * know (something) like the back of… … Useful english dictionary
know (something) like the back of (your) hand — informal to know a place very well. He knew East London like the back of his hand … New idioms dictionary
know somebody like the back of your hand — know sb/sth inside ˈout | know sb/sth like the back of your ˈhand idiom (informal) to be very familiar with sth • This is where I grew up. I know this area like the back of my hand. Main entry: ↑knowidiom … Useful english dictionary
know like the back of your hand — know (something) like the back of your hand see ↑know, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑hand … Useful english dictionary
know like the back of your hand — know an area well, know every feature of the land I lived here for years. I know this town like the back of my hand … English idioms
know something like the back of your hand — to be very familiar with something, especially a place or way of going somewhere She knows these streets like the back of her hand … English dictionary
(like the) back of one's hand — If you know something like the back of your hand, you are very familiar with it and know it in detail. Of course I won t get lost. I know London like the back of my hand! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
back — 1 adverb 1 RETURN in or into the place or position where someone or something was before: Freddie was supposed to be back at the hotel by six. | Put that book back where you found it! | We d better go back, she said regretfully. 2 AS BEFORE in or … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
back — back1 W1S1 [bæk] adv ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(return to place)¦ 2¦(as before)¦ 3¦(previous place)¦ 4¦(backwards)¦ 5¦(reply/reaction)¦ 6¦(return something to somebody)¦ 7¦(in the past)¦ 8¦(again)¦ 9 sit/lie/lean back 10¦(away)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
