not know which end is up

not know which end is up

English

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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

Arabic: please add this translation if you can: Chinese: Mandarin: 無知／无知 (zh) (wúzhī), 沒有常識／没有常识 (méiyǒu chángshì) Czech: please add this translation if you can: Dutch: ze niet allemaal op een rij hebben Finnish: olla ihan pihalla French: être à la masse (fr) German: nicht wissen wo vorn und hinten ist Hindi: please add this translation if you can: Italian: please add this translation if you can: Japanese: please add this translation if you can: Korean: please add this translation if you can: 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) Spanish: please add this translation if you can: Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can:

See also

• know which side one's bread is buttered on