English / idiom
Don't Know Him from Adam
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To have no familiarity with someone whatsoever; to regard them as an absolute stranger.
In context
01
The investigator asked if I recognized the person in the photograph, but I told him I didn't know him from Adam.
02
A stranger waved warmly at me at the conference, but honestly, I didn't know him from Adam.
Synonyms
A complete stranger,Totally unfamiliar,Never laid eyes on
Antonyms
A close acquaintance,Know inside out
Collocations
do not know him from Adam,claim not to know from Adam,completely unaware from Adam