Liliputin-4755

The fact that German men are wearing socks with sandals knocked my socks off!  ... "
Karl Lagerfeld

Liliputins. What, the heck, is this?
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The idea behind the expression "knock one’s sock’s off" is to deal someone such a blow that not only is he knocked out of his shoes, but he is also knocked out of his socks.

knock socks off (redirected from knock one's socks off)
knock (one's) socks off
To thoroughly impress, overwhelm, or excite one.
The show of support from everyone just knocked my socks off.
That movie really knocked my socks off—I didn't expect it to be so good!
See also: knock, off, sock
knock the socks off (someone or something)
1. To thoroughly impress, overwhelm, or excite someone.
The show of support from everyone just knocked the socks off me.
Apparently that movie really knocked the socks off Tim—he's been raving about it since he came home.
2. To completely outclass, outdo, or outperform someone or something; to soundly defeat or best someone or something.
Wow, this coffee knocks the socks off the stuff we get back home.
Catherine knocked the socks off the other kids in the spelling bee.
See also: knock, off, sock
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
knock someone's socks off and knock the socks off (of) someone
Sl. to surprise someone thoroughly. (Fixed order. Of is usually retained before pronouns.) The exciting news just knocked my socks off! The news knocked the socks off of everyone in the office.
See also: knock, off, sock
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
blow/knock somebody’s ;socks off (informal) surprise or impress somebody very much: With that dress and your new haircut you’ll knock their socks off!
See also: blow, knock, off, sock
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
knock (someone's) socks off Slang
To overwhelm or amaze.
See also: knock, off, sock
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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von den Socken sein (Deutsch)
Redewendung
Bedeutungen:

[1] umgangssprachlich: ueberrascht, verbluefft, sprachlos sein
Synonyme:

[1] baff sein, Baukloetze staunen/Baukloetzer staunen, platt sein
Beispiele:

[1] „Voellig von den Socken sind beratungsbed;rftige Eltern dagegen, wenn man ihnen erklaert, dass sich f;r selten mehr als 400 Euro gut konfigurierte Lern-, Spiel- und Arbeits-PCs zusammenbasteln lassen.“

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vom Hocker reissen
Bedeutung
umgangssprachlich, uebertrieben ;etw., jmd. reisst jmdn. vom Hocker; begeistern, beeindrucken, verblueffen; (positiv wie negativ) ueberraschen, ;berwaeltigen
Synonym zu jmdn. vom Stuhl reissen, vom Stuhl hauen, jmdn. vom Hocker hauen
Kollokationen:
mit Adverbialbestimmung: wirklich, schier vom Hocker reissen