| 单词 | to knock a person's block off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto knock a person's block off b. to knock a person's block off and variants: to hit someone very hard in the head; to assault a person severely. Frequently as a threat or warning. ΘΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > strike on specific part of the body [verb (intransitive)] > on the head nob1812 to scuttle (a person's) nob1834 1892 Philadelphia Inquirer 24 Oct. 5/8 The cowboy demanded an explanation. Armed with a rock in each hand, the leader of the ‘Spiders’ shouted: ‘We'se de “Spiders”, see? and if you don't take a sneak we'll knock your block off.’ 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Leave it to Psmith ix in Sat. Evening Post 3 Mar. 137/1 ‘I'd like’, said Mr. Cootes with asperity, ‘to beat your block off.’ 1939 H. G. Wells Holy Terror i. i. 12 Many suggestions were made, from ‘Knock his little block off’, to ‘Give him more love’. 1997 Independent 12 Aug. iii. 8/2 If I told him I was going to knock his block off, he would be very scared. < as lemmas |
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