know shit from Shinola
(US) To have the most basic level of intelligence or common sense.
A colloquialism which dates back to the early 1940s in the United
States, sometimes ended with "that's why your shoes don't shine". [1] Shinola was a popular brand of shoe polish, which had a color and texture not unlike feces.
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