knock the socks off

Also knock someone's socks off.

Overwhelm, bedazzle, or amaze someone, as in The young pianist knocked the socks off of the judges, or That display will knock their socks off. [Slang; mid-1800s]

Also, knock the spots off. Surpass or outdo completely, defeat. For example, These large chains have been knocking the socks off the small independent grocers, or Our team knocked the spots off them. The spots most likely allude to target practice with playing cards where the object is to shoot through all the pips, spots, or marks indicating the suit or numerical value of a playing card, but one authority holds that they were used in a horse-breeding context and meant “to be in the vanguard.” [Mid-1800s]

Words nearby knock the socks off

knock rummy, knock someone's block off, knock someone's socks off, knock the bottom out of, knock the living daylights out of, knock the socks off, knock together, knock up, knockwurst, Knole, knoll

单词	knock the socks off
释义	knock the socks off Also knock someone's socks off. 1 Overwhelm, bedazzle, or amaze someone, as in The young pianist knocked the socks off of the judges, or That display will knock their socks off. [Slang; mid-1800s] 2 Also, knock the spots off. Surpass or outdo completely, defeat. For example, These large chains have been knocking the socks off the small independent grocers, or Our team knocked the spots off them. The spots most likely allude to target practice with playing cards where the object is to shoot through all the pips, spots, or marks indicating the suit or numerical value of a playing card, but one authority holds that they were used in a horse-breeding context and meant “to be in the vanguard.” [Mid-1800s] Words nearby knock the socks off knock rummy, knock someone's block off, knock someone's socks off, knock the bottom out of, knock the living daylights out of, knock the socks off, knock together, knock up, knockwurst, Knole, knoll The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
随便看	ste.-foy stegner stegnosis stegnotic stego- stegodon stegomyia stegosaur steichen steier steiermark steig stein steinamanger steinbeck steinbeck, john steinberg steinberg thumb sign steinbock steinbok steinem steinem, gloria steiner steinert's disease stein, gertrude