KNOW WHICH END IS UP

Meaning of KNOW WHICH END IS UP in English

know where you are, know what to do next

With so many problems, he doesn't know which end is up.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

KNOW WHICH END IS UP — know where you are, know what to do next With so many problems, he doesn't know which end is up.
English Idioms vocab
KNOW WHICH END IS UP — expr AmE sl Don't try to hustle me, sister, I know which end is up — Не надо пытаться меня насадить, …
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KNOW WHICH END IS UP — expr AmE sl Don't try to hustle me, sister, I know which end is up — Не надо пытаться меня …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
KNOW WHICH END IS UP — know which end is up expr AmE sl Don't try to hustle me, sister, I know which end is up …
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KNOW WHICH END IS UP — Don't try to hustle me, sister, I know which end is up — Не надо пытаться меня насадить, чувиха. Я …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHICH — I. (|)hwich, (|)wich adjective Etymology: Middle English, which, of what kind, from Old English hwilc; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KNOW — I. ˈnō verb ( knew ˈn(y)ü ; or dialect knowed ˈnōd ; known ˈnōn sometimes -ōən ; also dialect knowed …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
END — I. ˈend noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English ende, from Old English; akin to Old High German enti end, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHICH — (pron.) A compound relative or indefinite pronoun, standing for any one which, whichever, that which, those which, the . . …
Английский словарь Webster
WHICH — (a.) A interrogative pronoun, used both substantively and adjectively, and in direct and indirect questions, to ask for, or refer …
Английский словарь Webster
WHICH — ( pron. ) A compound relative or indefinite pronoun, standing for any one which, whichever, that which, those which, the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHICH — ( a. ) A interrogative pronoun, used both substantively and adjectively, and in direct and indirect questions, to ask for, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHICH — /hwich, wich/ , pron. 1. what one?: Which of these do you want? Which do you want? 2. whichever: Choose …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KNOW — know 1 — knower , n. /noh/ , v. , knew, known, knowing , n. v.t. 1. to perceive or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
END — end 1 — ender , n. /end/ , n. 1. the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHICH — I. ˈhwich, ˈwich adjective Etymology: Middle English, of what kind, which, from Old English hwilc; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KNOW — I. ˈnō verb ( knew ˈnü also ˈnyü ; known ˈnōn ; know·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHICH — adj of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. 2. which ·pron a compound relative or indefinite pronoun, standing …
Webster English vocab
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
KNOW — noun knee. 2. know ·vi to have sexual commerce with. 3. know ·vi to be assured; to feel confident. 4. …
Webster English vocab
WHICH — [which] adj [ME, of what kind, which, fr. OE hwilc; akin to OHG wilih of what kind, which, OE hwa …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KNOW — [know] vb knew ; known ; know.ing [ME, fr. OE cnawan; akin to OHG bichnaan to recognize, L gnoscere, noscere …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHICH — / wɪtʃ; NAmE / pronoun , determiner 1. used in questions to ask sb to be exact about one or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHICH? — Which? /wɪtʃ/ BrE AmE trademark a British magazine that tests products made by different companies and provides reports on them …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHICH — which S1 W1 /wɪtʃ/ BrE AmE determiner , pronoun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hwilc ] 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KNOW — I. know 1 S1 W1 /nəʊ $ noʊ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense knew /njuː $ nuː/, past participle …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
END — I. end 1 S1 W1 /end/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ end , ↑ ending ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHICH — adj. & pron. --interrog.adj. asking for choice from a definite set of alternatives (which John do you mean?; say which …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KNOW — v. & n. --v. (past knew; past part. known) 1 tr. (often foll. by that, how, what, etc.) a have …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
END — n. & v. --n. 1 a the extreme limit; the point beyond which a thing does not continue. b an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHICH — adj. & pron. interrog.adj. asking for choice from a definite set of alternatives (which John do you mean?; say which …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KNOW — v. & n. v. (past knew; past part. known) 1 tr. (often foll. by that, how, what, etc.) a have …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
END — n. & v. n. 1 a the extreme limit; the point beyond which a thing does not continue. b an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHICH — adj. & pron. --interrog.adj. asking for choice from a definite set of alternatives (which John do you mean?; say which …
Oxford English vocab
KNOW — v. & n. --v. (past knew; past part. known) 1. tr. (often foll. by that, how, what, etc.) a have …
Oxford English vocab
END — n. & v. --n. 1. a the extreme limit; the point beyond which a thing does not continue. b an …
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHICH — Usually pronounced /(h)wɪtʃ/ for meanings 2, 3 and 4. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KNOW — ( knows, knowing, knew, known) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
END — ( ends, ending, ended) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The end …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHICH — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ in questions when …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WHICH — determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES neither of which ▪ Thompson had two strategies, neither of which seems to have worked …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IS — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a baby is born ▪ Let me know as soon as the baby is born. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHICH — (ADDS INFORMATION) [pronoun] - used to add extra information to a previous clause, in writing usually after a commaThat bar …
Cambridge English vocab
KNOW — (BE FAMILIAR WITH) [verb] [past simple] knew, [past participle] known - to be familiar with or have experience and understanding …
Cambridge English vocab
END — (LAST POINT) [noun] [C] - the point in space or time beyond which something no longer exists, or a part …
Cambridge English vocab
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
KNOW — Synonyms and related words : absorb, account, acquaintance, aller sans dire, announcement, appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, associate with, be acquainted with, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
END — See: AT LOOSE ENDS, AT ONE'S WITS' END, BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS, GO OFF THE DEEP END, HAIR …
Slang English vocab
KNOW — verb 1 have information about sth ADVERB ▪ full well , perfectly well , very well ▪ I don't ~ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
KNOW — See ↑ EXPERIENCE 3, ↑ KNOW/NOT KNOW 1,2,11,22, ↑ RECOGNIZE 1, ↑ SPEAK 3, ↑ SURE/NOT SURE 1 ◆◆◆ • …
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