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
KoraKO-rahGerman
UroŠ-Serbian, Slovene
LourdesLOOR-des (Spanish), LUWRD (French), LAWRDZ (English)Spanish, Various
MienMEENDutch, Limburgish
Nevenka-Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
KylaKIE-ləEnglish