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Examples:We should learn from one who knows the way.—as everyone knows [idiom.]—something that everybody knows—no-one knows where it comes from—who knows what the future holds?—an old hand knows the ropes—an old horse knows the way (idiom); an experienced worker knows what do—know the first, but not know the second (idiom); only partial information—greed for bribes knows no bounds (idiom); unbridled corruption—one who knows his business—hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom); fig. modest about one's talents—lit. an old horse knows the way home (idiom); fig. in difficulty, trust an experience colleague—what sb feels (or knows etc) in his bones (derog.)—the person who drinks it knows best whether the water is hot or cold (Zen proverb); self-awareness comes from within—know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")—only knows words of one syllable—lit. not know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); both funny and extremely embarrassing—The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).—review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)—If one does not know any better, one cannot be held responsible—Ladakh, the eastern part of Jammu and Kashmir in northwest India, adjacent Kashmir and Tibet, know as "Little Tibet"—lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?—know your right shoe from your left (colloquial)—not know whether to believe (what one reads in the news)—in Qing times, refers Western technology, esp. military and naval know-how—lit. not know the true face of Lushan Mountain—lit. short-lived cicada does not know the seasons; fig. see only a small piece of the big picture—know nothing about the beginning, the middle or the end—epistemology (in philosophy, the theory of how we know things)—live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off—one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature—lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? [idiom.]—lit. reply "don't know" whatever the question [idiom.]—go astray and to not know how to get back on the right path [idiom.]— |