not know which end is up

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Verb

not know which end is up

(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

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Chinese:
Mandarin: 無知／无知 (zh) (wúzhī), 沒有常識／没有常识 (méiyǒu chángshì)
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Dutch: ze niet allemaal op een rij hebben
Finnish: olla pihalla
French: être à la masse (fr)
German: nicht wissen wo vorn und hinten ist
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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)
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Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can:
Zazaki: ser u peyê cı nêzanıyeno

See also

know which side one's bread is buttered on

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