tell from else Go to tell from Idiom

blood from a stone

(See get blood from a stone)

bolt from the blue

(See like a bolt from the blue)

cut from the same cloth

from the same family, very similar Ty and Ed are cut from the same cloth - both are serious and quiet.

don't know him from Adam

do not know who he is, have never met him The man says he knows me, but I don't know him from Adam.

don't know your ass from a hole in the ground

you are ignorant, you are mistaken, mixed up He said one member of the cult was so confused he didn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.

everything from soup to nuts

a lot of food or things, a variety of groceries His shopping cart was full. He had everything from soup to nuts.

fall from grace

lose approval The politician fell from grace with the public over the money scandal.

from A to Z

know everything about something He knows about cars from A to Z.

from day one

from the beginning, from the first day From day one, Carol has been a good employee.

from hand to hand

from one person to another and another The plate of food went from hand to hand until finally it was all finished.

tell (someone or something) from (someone or article else)

1. To be able to anticipate or analyze some affair as actuality audible and different compared to article else. It's actual difficult to acquaint the absolute paintings from the counterfeits, but there are a few things we can attending for to be sure. Because of my blush blindness, I can't acquaint shades of red from shades of green. The angel dressed so audibly that you couldn't acquaint her from an accustomed citizen.2. To be able to perceive, recognize, or accept article from some allotment or bulk of evidence. In this usage, the noun or pronoun amid "tell" and "from" is sometimes relocated to the end of the clause. What's wrong? I can acquaint you're agitated from the accent in your voice. Well, we can acquaint from these arrangement that the assemblage is affective appear the north.Learn more: something, tell

tell something from something abroad Go to acquaint someone from someone

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fresh pair of eyes fresh start freshen up friends with friggin frightened to death from A to Z from day one from hand to hand from hand to mouth from hunger from now on from pillar to post from rags to riches from scratch from soup to nuts from square one tell (one) where to stick it tell (someone or something) apart tell (someone or something) by (something) tell (someone or something) from (someone or something else) tell (someone) a thing or two (about someone or something) tell (someone) what's what tell (someone's) fortune tell (something) to (one) tell a (little) white lie tell a different story tell a different tale tell a different, another, etc. tale/story tell a thing or two tell a/the tale tell about tell against tell against (someone or something) tell all tell another story tell another tale tell apart tell by tell fortunes tell from tell from else tell from else Go to tell from tell it how it is tell it how/like it is tell it like it is Tell it like it is! tell it like it is, to tell it to the judge tell it to the Marines Tell it to the marines! tell it/that to the marines tell its own story tell its own tale tell its own tale/story tell me tell me about it tell me another tell me another one Tell me another one! Tell me another! tell me something I don't know tell of tell of (something) tell off tell on tell on (one) tell one to face