Georgie Burne Jones. To know your onions

As universities have expanded hugely, vocational education has not. Britain is sorely lacking in people who know their onions in construction, engineering, mechanics and technology

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  Georgie  Burne Jones

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Anne Elizabeth Amison

One of my favourites. Georgie B-J wrote that he read his poems in a monotonous "chant" and she had to stick pins into herself to stay awake!

If someone says you know your onions, it means you are experienced in something or you know a lot about a particular subject. So really, it means you're clever!2013/01/22

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Georgie female name

A feminine form of George, which originally comes from the Greek name Georgios, from georgos, meaning "farmer, earthworker", which is from ge, meaning "earth" and ergon, meaning "work".

Georgie: name meaning and origin - BabyCentre UK