See know what is what on Wiktionary
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"text": "He seems to have no trouble understanding stuff that, to me, sounds like hot garbage. He really does know what's what.",
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"text": "She said she was going to house to study French, but I wasn't born yesterday. I know what's what.",
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"text": "Everything is changing so fast... I just don't know what's what anymore!",
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"(idiomatic) To understand the current situation; to know what is going on."
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"word": "know what's o'clock"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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"word": "weten hoe laat het is"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "tietää mikä on mitäkin"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "Translations",
"word": "sapere il fatto proprio"
}
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"sense": "Translations",
"word": "weten hoe laat het is"
},
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"word": "tietää mikä on mitäkin"
},
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"word": "sapere il fatto proprio"
}
],
"word": "know what is what"
}
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