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It means you don't know any better or not up for the job.
Son you don't know your ass from a hole in the ground What makes you think you can do this?
by tipifire September 14, 2006
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Euphemism for "(he) doesn't know his a** from his elbow". He doesn't know anything (or doesn't want to know anything).
You can't ask that bus driver about bus route numbers. He doesn't know his brass from his oboe.
by pentozali January 18, 2009
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you don't know your ass from a hole in the ground

Figure of meaning that someone doesn't know what they're doing.
by Jayrod64* November 25, 2016
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you don't know your ass from a hole in the ground

"You don't know your ass from a hole in the ground." Illustrate with a pen and paper drawing a circle and a cracked circle. Now ask which is your ass and which is the hole in the ground. Subject points to cracked circle and you mock while pointing to their real derriere.
After listening to untruthful gibberish, you say to person, "you don't know your ass from a hole in the ground."
by 13Ronbets May 16, 2016
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dont know your ass from the ass end of a bowling ball

dont know your ass from the ass end of a bowling ball similar to dont know your ass from a hole in the ground a little more funny
you mister president dont know your ass from the ass end of a bowling ball
by bluebear March 31, 2020
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