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Know what's what

verb

Be well-informed. Synonyms: be on the ball, be with it, know the score, know what's going on.

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... the boat on shore. The grizzly Vale-King[37] comes, the Glaciers moan, The Mytenstein[38] is drawing on his hood, And from the Stormcleft chilly blows the wind; The storm will burst, before we know what's what. ...

— The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. III • Kuno Francke (Editor-in-Chief)

... he had some qualities which fix Middle-aged ladies even more than young: The former know what's what; while new-fledged chicks Know little more of Love than what is sung In rhymes, or dreamt (for Fancy will play tricks) In visions of those skies from whence Love sprung. Some reckon women by their suns or years, I rather think the ...

— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 6 • Lord Byron

... good idea," he said. "Democratic simplicity is the right thing at home, of course; but when you go abroad and mix with crowned heads, you want to show them that you know what's what." ...

— Cinderella - And Other Stories • Richard Harding Davis

Words linked to "Know what's what" : be on the ball, know what's going on, know the score, know