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| 释义 | IDIOMSLANG IDENTIFICATION know someone by sight to know the name and recognize the face of someone.I've never met the man, but I know him by sight.BOB: Have you ever met Mary? JANE: No, but I know her by sight. know which is which and tell which is which to be able to distinguish one person or thing from another person or thing.I have an old one and a new one, but I don't know which is which.I know that Bill and Bob are twins, but I can't tell which is which. mistake someone for someone else and mix someone up with someone else to confuse someone with someone else; to think that one person is another person.I'm sorry. I mistook you for John.Tom is always mistaking Bill for me. We don't look a thing alike, though.Try not to mix Bill up with Bob. mix someone or something up to confuse two things or two people with each other.Please don't mix these ideas up. They are quite distinct.I always mix up Bill and Bob.Why do you mix them up? neither fish nor fowl not any recognizable thing.The car that they drove up in was neither fish nor fowl. It must have been made out of spare parts.This proposal is neither fish nor fowl. I can't tell what you're proposing. not know someone from Adam not to know someone at all.I wouldn't recognize John if I saw him. I don't know him from Adam.What does she look like? I don't know her from Adam. place someone to recall someone's name; to recall the details about a person that would help you identify the person.I am sorry, I can't seem to place you. Could you tell me your name again?I can't place her. Did I meet her once before? point someone or something out to select or indicate someone or something (from a group).Everyone pointed the error out.She pointed the thief out to the police officer.She pointed out the boy who took her purse. put one's finger on something to identify something as very important. (Informal.)Ann put her finger on the cause of the problem.Yes, she really put her finger on it. put the finger on someone and lay the finger on someone to accuse someone; to identify someone as the one who did something. (Slang.)Tom put the finger on John, and John is really mad.He'd better not lay the finger on me. I didn't do it. speak of the devil said when someone whose name has just been mentioned appears or is heard from.Well, speak of the devil! Hello, Tom. We were just talking about you.I had just mentioned Sally when—speak of the devil—she walked in the door. take someone for someone or something to mistake someone for someone or something.I took Bill for his brother, Bob. They look so much alike!I took Mr. Brown for the gardener, and he was a little bit insulted. tell people apart to distinguish one person or a group of people from another person or group of people.Tom and John are brothers, and you can hardly tell them apart.Our team is wearing red, and the other team is wearing orange. I can't tell them apart. tell things apart to distinguish one thing or a group of things from another thing or group of things.This one is gold, and the others are brass. Can you tell them apart?Without their labels, I can't tell them apart. |
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