je n'y connais rien

I don't know anything about it

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I don't know anything about it Used to say you have no knowledge or experience in a subject. The subject can be specified with en, as in « Je n'y connais rien en musique » (I don't know anything about music).
FR: Je n'y connais rien en jardinage.
EN: I don't know anything about gardening.

En main, je n'y connais rien.

When it comes to manual work, I don't know the first thing about it.

— Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)

La paix, je n'y connais rien.

Peace? I don't know anything about that.

— Star Trek : Sans limites (2016)

Je n'y connais rien.

I don't know anything about it.

Je n'y connais rien, moi.

I don't know anything about it.

— Moscou ne croit pas aux larmes (1980)

Je n'y connais rien en art.

I know nothing about art.

Je n'y connais rien en armes à feu.

I don't know anything about firearms.

Monsieur, je n'y connais rien en voitures.

Sir, I don't know anything about cars.

— Troupe d'Élite (2007)

Je n'y connais rien en économie.

I don't know anything about economics.

Je n'y connais rien, hein ?

I don't know anything about it, do I?

— Independence Day (1996)

Je n'y connais rien en musique.

I don't know anything about music.