Meaning of LIKE THE BACK OF YOUR HAND - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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So you know the back of your hand really well
because you look at it a lot.
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And in English when we say that you know something
like the back of your hand"" it means that
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you know it really really well.
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The area that I live in, I've actually lived
in for most of my life so I would be able
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to say that I know this area like the back
of my hand.
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Another good example would be maybe you have
a certain kind of car and you really really
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like fixing it yourself and you've studied
a lot about that particular car and now you
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know the engine of the car like the back of
your hand.
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So in English when we say that you know something
like the back of your hand it means you know
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it really really well.
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