not know A from a windmill



not know A from a windmill

To be stupid. It references the vaguely similar shape of the letter A and a windmill. How do you manage to burn pasta? It's like you don't know A from a windmill.
See also: know, not, windmill

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Vivienne-French
Emilioe-MEE-lyo (Italian, Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
OlaviO-lah-vee (Finnish)Finnish, Estonian
TimTIM (English, German, Dutch, Slovene)English, German, Dutch, Slovene, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
LilliaLIL-ee-ə, LIL-yəEnglish
Vienne-French