- like the back of your hand
- Like the back of your handIf you know something like the back of your hand, you know it very well indeed.
The small dictionary of idiomes. 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. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
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
