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know a hawk from a handsaw
know a hawk from a handsaw
know a hawk from a handsaw
To be able to tell two things apart. The phrase comes from Shakespeare's
Hamlet
.
Of course I know which twin is which, I know a hawk from a handsaw, after all!
See also:
hawk
,
know
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Foster (2)
FAWS-tər
English
Clifford
KLIF-ərd
English
Rosmunda
-
Ancient Germanic
Iakobos
-
Biblical Greek
Maike
MIE-kə
(German)
Frisian, German
Monika
MO-ni-kah
(German)
, maw-NEE-kah
(Polish)
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