英語習(xí)語諺語成語用法精粹 宗教神話類3-45 not know somebody from Adam
【字面理解】連某人跟亞當(dāng)都分不清
【英文解析】to have never met someone and not know anything about somebody
【中文解析】根本不認(rèn)識某人;與某人素不相識
【典型例句】① This man came into the office and he said that he knew ne. I didn’t know him from Adam, which was a bit embarrassing.這個人到辦公室里來，說他認(rèn)識我， 可我一點(diǎn)兒都不認(rèn)識他，真是有點(diǎn)兒尷尬。
② Roger: Oh, just seems as though that maybe you have intimacy issues. You know, that you use your humor as a. way of keeping people at a distance.
Chandler: Huh.
Roger: I mean, hey, I just met you. I don’t know you from Adam. ...Only child, right? Parents divorced before you hit puberty?
Chandler: Uhhuh, how did you know that?
—Season 1 Episode 13, Friends
羅杰：看上去你好像在親密行為方面有問題。你知 道，你通過你的幽默來與人保持距離。
錢德勒：呃……
羅杰：我是說，嘿，我剛認(rèn)識你，對你一無所知。…… 獨(dú)生子，對吧?青春期前父母就離婚了?
錢德勒：你怎么知道?
——《好友記》第1季第13集
【注釋】源自《圣經(jīng)創(chuàng)世紀(jì)》，亞當(dāng)并非女人所生，所以沒有肚擠，是最容易辨認(rèn)的人，因此not know somebody from Adam就表示“完全不認(rèn)識某人”。
