not know which end is up

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

not know which end is up

1. (idiomatic) To have no common sense; to be ignorant of the most basic facts; to be very confused.
   • 2009, Lis Wiehl, April Henry, Face of Betrayal, →ISBN, page 145:

     “I'm not some naïve, virginal little nothing who doesn't know which end is up.”

Translations

to have no common sense

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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無知／无知 (zh) (wúzhī), 沒有常識／没有常识 (méiyǒu chángshì)

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• Dutch: ze niet allemaal op een rij hebben
• Finnish: olla pihalla
• French: être à la masse (fr)
• German: nicht wissen wo vorn und hinten ist
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• Polish: nie wiedzieć gdzie góra, a gdzie dół
• Portuguese: não ter noção das coisas
• Russian: не знать, что к чему́ (ne znatʹ, što k čemú)
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• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can:
• Zazaki: ser u peyê cı nêzanıyeno

See also

• know which side one's bread is buttered on