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 Charles Pears
He calls A., who testifies that this is so—that B., whom he did not know from Adam, tendered his services and that he availed himself of the offer.
From Courts and Criminals by Arthur Cheney Train
"Whom he does not know from Adam," said David.
From It, and Other Stories by Gouverneur Morris
I've heard our dancing-master in Cranford use that more'n a few times, though I own up I don't know from Adam what she means.
From The Boy Scouts on Sturgeon Island or Marooned Among the Game-fish Poachers by Herbert Carter
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