English Dictionary

know someone when

動詞

過去 通常

(usually in the past tense) To have known a famous person before he or she was famous.

日本語の意味

有名になる前からその有名人を知っていた / その有名人がまだ無名の時から知っていた

It's one thing to say you know someone when they were struggling and unknown, and another to have actually supported them through those hard times.

彼らが有名になる前の、苦労していた頃からその人を知っていると言うのは簡単だが、実際にその困難な時期を支えたかどうかは別問題だ。

意味（1）

(usually in the past tense) To have known a famous person before he or she was famous.

His friends thought him crazy, as friends always think when a man has an original idea and acts on it. Now, when his friends speak of him they invariably add, I knew him when—

knows someone when （ present singular third-person ）

knowing someone when （ participle present ）

knew someone when （ past ）

known someone when （ participle past ）