Word.ws English Dictionary

knowing one's ass from one's elbow

knowing one's ass from one's elbow is the present participle and gerund of know one's ass from one's elbow.

Meaning of know one's ass from one's elbow

Verb

know one's ass from one's elbow (third-person singular simple present knows one's ass from one's elbow, present participle knowing one's ass from one's elbow, simple past knew one's ass from one's elbow, past participle known one's ass from one's elbow)

  1. Synonym of know one's ass from a hole in the ground.

Questions about knowing one's ass from one's elbow

What is knowing one's ass from one's elbow the present participle and gerund of?
Knowing one's ass from one's elbow is the present participle and gerund of know one's ass from one's elbow.

Words near knowing one's ass from one's elbow in the dictionary

  1. knowing no bounds
  2. knowing of
  3. knowing on what side one's bread is buttered
  4. knowing one's arse from one's elbow
  5. knowing one's ass from a hole in the ground
  6. knowing one's ass from one's elbow
  7. knowing one's head from a hole in the ground
  8. knowing one's head from one's ass
  9. knowing one's onions
  10. knowing one's own head
  11. knowing one's own mind

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: knowing one's ass from one's elbow (page history and authors); know one's ass from one's elbow (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “knowing one's ass from one's elbow.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/knowing_one%27s_ass_from_one%27s_elbow. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.