English
Alternative forms
Verb
know (something) like the back of one's hand
- (transitive, idiomatic) To be intimately knowledgeable about something, especially a place.
- He knows the software like the back of his hand, and can often solve problems over the phone, without looking.
Synonyms
Translations
be intimately knowledgable about
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 瞭如指掌 (zh), 瞭如指掌 (zh) (liǎorúzhǐzhǎng)
- Dutch: kennen als z'n broekzak
- Finnish: tuntea kuin omat taskunsa
- French: connaître comme sa poche (fr)
- Hungarian: ismeri, mint a tenyerét
- Norwegian: kjenne som sin egen bukselomme
|
|
- Polish: znać jak własną kieszeń (pl)
- Portuguese: conhecer como a palma da mão
- Russian: знать, как свои́ пять па́льцев (znatʹ, kak svoí pjatʹ pálʹcev)
- Serbo-Croatian: познавати као свој длан (poznavati kao svoj dlan), познавати као свој џеп (poznavati kao svoj džep)
- Spanish: conocer algo como la palma de su mano
- Swedish: känna som sin egen ficka
|
See also