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Webto tell the difference between one person and another. I don't knowFred from his twin brother. I know Bill from Bob, but I can't tell most identical twins apart. See also: know know something from something to tell the difference between one thing and another. (Often with a negative.) You don't know a smoked herring from a squid! Webnot know sb from Adam informal to have never met someone and not know anything about them: Why should she lend me money? She doesn't know me from Adam. SMART Vocabulary: các từ liên quan và các cụm từ Unaware be in the dark idiom be on another planet idiom benighted blind spot blindness faint ignorant ill-informed illiteracy illiterate Web15 jul. 2012 · English UK. Jul 15, 2012. #2. Hi susanna. No, "I don't know him from Adam's off ox" doesn't mean Just as Adam didn't know much about his off ox, I don't know much about this man. It means the same as "I don't know him from Adam". These quotes from the OED might help : a. not to know (someone) from Adam: not to know or … brothers juke joint