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
"Whom he does not know from Adam," said David.
From It, and Other Stories by Morris, Gouverneur
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
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
The room contained neither of these, but one stranger, and him I didn’t know from Adam.
From A Veldt Vendetta by Mitford, Bertram
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