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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Do you "know your onions"? #226358 02/01/2017 12:25 PM Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 1 England Swiftie stranger Swiftie stranger Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 1 England "Knows their onions" is a phrase I've not heard for some time; perhaps it's a little old fashioned these days. Is it used much outside the UK? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Do you "know your onions"? Swiftie #226360 02/01/2017 4:46 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water I personally have never heard of it, but, WELCOME ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Do you "know your onions"? LukeJavan8 #226361 02/01/2017 4:56 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,067 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,067 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA Recognize it, but never particularly associated it with any location in particular... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Do you "know your onions"? wofahulicodoc #226366 02/02/2017 2:15 AM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada may2point0 enthusiast may2point0 enthusiast Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 399 Nevada I hadn't heard this idiom before, but had a nice time exploring it. Thank you. A bit paradoxical as I wonder how to know thyself with a beginners mind. Ogres have layers. Does it have anything to do with http://kundaliniandcelltowers.com/parable-of-the-onion.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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