not know (someone) from a bar of soap



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not know (someone) from a bar of soap

To be completely unaware of or know nothing about someone; to have never met the person indicated. My girlfriend got really excited when a movie star apparently walked past us, but I wouldn't know him from a bar of soap. Someone I wouldn't know from a bar of soap just contacted me online, claiming to be a distant relative.
See also: bar, know, not, of, soap

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Chan-Khmer
Genoveffaje-no-VEF-fahItalian
NereusNEER-oos (English), NEER-ee-əs (English)Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Ebu BekİR-Turkish
CornÉLio-Portuguese
Odilieo-DEE-lee-əGerman (Archaic)