know backwards and forwards and know forwards and



know something backwards and forwards and know something forwards and backwards

Fig. to know something very well; to know a passage of language so well that one could recite it backwards as well as forwards. Of course I've memorized my speech. I know it backwards and forwards.
See also: and, backward, forwards, know

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Abia-Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Theophylaktos-Ancient Greek
Prometheusprə-MEE-thee-əs (English)Greek Mythology
Dante['dænti]
Vitaliyvee-TAH-lee (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian
'Aziz-Arabic