know where one is coming from

to understand someone's motivation; to understand and relate to someone's position. I know where you're coming from. I've been there. We all know where he's coming from. That's why we are so worried.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
TomaŽ	-	Slovene
Susanna	soo-ZAHN-nah (Italian), SOO-sahn-nah (Finnish), soo-ZAN-ə (English)	Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Lenore	lə-NAWR	English
Thancmar	-	Ancient Germanic
JarosŁAw	yah-RAW-swahf	Polish
Jadranka	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene