| 单词 | to knock the nonsense, etc, out of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto knock the nonsense, etc., out of e. In various slang or colloquial phrases, as to knock into a cocked hat n., to knock spots out of, etc. Also to knock all of a heap n., down with a feather n., for a loop n.1, for six n.; to knock silly adj., cold adj., endways adv., rotten adj., sideways adv.; to knock the nonsense, etc., out of. ΚΠ 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. v. 48 The girlishness and timidity will be knocked out of him by the boys. 1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant v. 63 ‘When I came to breakfast Miss Gwendolen—well, she knocked everything out of me, you know—.’ ‘Wonderful girl, wonderful.’ 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Oct. 787/1 The boy returned to Turin, where his royal relatives did their best to get his revolutionary notions knocked out of him. 1935 L. Maude & A. Maude tr. L. Tolstoy Iván Ilých & Hadji Murád 273 They'd have knocked the nonsense out of you in the army, and he was worth five of such as you at home! < as lemmas |
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