know from Adam
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"I do not feel happy or safe moving him into a family home that we've never met and don't know from Adam," she says.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2025
Morris did not introduce this gentleman, for he came to me with an introduction from one of the professors at Addiscombe, a gentleman I do not know from Adam.
From Glyn Severn's Schooldays by Pears, Charles
Here, we've got to rub along with a lot of people that we don't know from Adam.
From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Wray, Fitzwater
For I met Tony and he made me come round to a dinner, and there I found people I didn't know from Adam drinking the old toasts we started.
From The Half-Hearted by Buchan, John
I had just answered, "I don't know from Adam," when some words of my own jumped into my head.
From Lady Betty Across the Water by Lowell, Orson
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