knows what's what
Example Sentences
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Allyson Kaye Daniel has enlivening comic moments as Addaperle, playing the Good Witch of the North as a community auntie who always knows what’s what.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024
No — Grandma has spent decades over a stove and knows what's what.
From Salon • Jan. 16, 2021
He, at least, seems to be someone who knows what’s what.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2018
And the boss man Pep Guardiola has won all seven Round-of-16 ties he’s contested as coach at Barcelona and Bayern Munich; he knows what’s what at this stage all right.
From The Guardian • Feb. 21, 2017
Who knows what’s what now, and I hate that I already have an out to these problems.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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