nodding acquaintance



nodding acquaintance

Superficial knowledge of someone or something, as in I have a nodding acquaintance with the company president, or She has a nodding acquaintance with that software program. This expression alludes to knowing someone just well enough to nod or bow upon meeting him or her. "Early 1800s]
See also: acquaintance, nod

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Astarteəs-TAHR-tee (English)Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized), Biblical Greek
Kaveh-Persian, Persian Mythology
ŽOfia-Slovak
Adela['ædilə]
Tharp[θa:p]
Achard-Old Norman