英語習語諺語成語用法精粹 宗教神話類3-45 not know somebody from Adam

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【字面理解】連某人跟亞當都分不清

【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，說他認識我， 可我一點兒都不認識他，真是有點兒尷尬。

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，我剛認識你，對你一無所知。…… 獨生子，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》，亞當并非女人所生，所以沒有肚擠，是最容易辨認的人，因此not know somebody from Adam就表示“完全不認識某人”。