31. By 13, you know the ropes . 32. He kind of knows the ropes . 33. Yamanaka, on the other hand, knows the ropes , working the Asian American students at Cal with wise-cracking charm. 34. I am a little scared to do anything on these pages since I don't know the ropes yet. 35. And today I want my food and beverage department to be a bit different, because I know the ropes . 36. That makes sense, but others ( who know the ropes around here ) will have to argue that case. 37. This particular macaque already knows the ropes , but newbies need coaching to develop an interactive relationship with the computer. 38. They'd be telling him to leave us right here where we know the ropes and have catastrophe at bay. 39. Being my first year, I really didn't know the ropes , so I leaned heavily on our personnel people here. 40. And besides, as West said, " A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up ."
