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know a thing or two

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know a thing or two  (informal)
to have a lot of practical skills and knowledge learnt through experience (usually + about ) My uncle grew up on a farm and knows a thing or two about looking after animals.
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I've been a City man all my life, and I know a thing or two.
It seems to me,' he said, 'they know a thing or two down in Market Bumpstead.
Thee's quite welcome to do all the fighting, thee knows; but I know a thing or two about the road, that thee doesn't.
 
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