- know place
- know (your) place
humorous
to accept your low position in society or in a group without trying to improve it.
I just get on with my job and do as I'm told. I know my place.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
know place
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know one's place — {v. phr.} To be deferential to one s elders or superiors. * /Ken is a talented teaching assistant, but he has a tendency to tell the head of the department how to run things. Somebody ought to teach him to know his place./ … Dictionary of American idioms
know one's place — {v. phr.} To be deferential to one s elders or superiors. * /Ken is a talented teaching assistant, but he has a tendency to tell the head of the department how to run things. Somebody ought to teach him to know his place./ … Dictionary of American idioms
know one's way around — or[know one s way about] {v. phr.} 1. To understand how things happen in the world; he experienced in the ways of the world. * /The sailor had been in the wildest ports in the world. He knew his way around./ Compare: HAVE BEEN AROUND. 2. or… … Dictionary of American idioms
know one's way around — or[know one s way about] {v. phr.} 1. To understand how things happen in the world; he experienced in the ways of the world. * /The sailor had been in the wildest ports in the world. He knew his way around./ Compare: HAVE BEEN AROUND. 2. or… … Dictionary of American idioms
know your way around — ◇ If you know your way around a place or thing, you are very familiar with it or are good at using or operating it. He knows his way around Boston. She really knows her way around a sailboat. [=she knows how to sail; she is a very good sailor]… … Useful english dictionary
know your place — know (your) place humorous to accept your low position in society or in a group without trying to improve it. I just get on with my job and do as I m told. I know my place … New idioms dictionary
know something like the back of your hand — phrase to be very familiar with something, especially a place or way of going somewhere She knows these streets like the back of her hand. Thesaurus: to know something or someonesynonym Main entry: back * * * know (something) like the back of… … Useful english dictionary
know better than to do something — know better (than to (do something)) 1. to be wise enough to behave in a more responsible or acceptable way. It was a stupid thing to do, and I thought she knew better. You know better than to interrupt when someone else is talking. Usage notes:… … New idioms dictionary
know better than to — know better (than to (do something)) 1. to be wise enough to behave in a more responsible or acceptable way. It was a stupid thing to do, and I thought she knew better. You know better than to interrupt when someone else is talking. Usage notes:… … New idioms dictionary
know better — (than to (do something)) 1. to be wise enough to behave in a more responsible or acceptable way. It was a stupid thing to do, and I thought she knew better. You know better than to interrupt when someone else is talking. Usage notes: sometimes… … New idioms dictionary
