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| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | знать кого-либо с пелёнок | know from his bottle up |
| proverb | знать кого-либо с пелёнок | know somebody from his bottle up |
| idiom. | знать кого-либо с пелёнок | know someone from his bottle up (The bailiff had a weakness for Michael, whom he had known from his bottle up. – Управляющий знал Майкла с пелёнок и питал к нему слабость. / Голсуорси "Серебряная ложка" Bobrovska) |
| gen. | знать с пелёнок | know somebody from his bottle (кого-либо) |
| gen. | знать с пелёнок | know someone since he was in petticoats |
| gen. | я знаю его с пелёнок | I've known him since he was in short pants (Anglophile) |
| gen. | я знаю его с пелёнок | I have known him since he was in petticoats |