| 释义 |
set (or rock) someone back on their heelsAstonish or disconcert someone: she said something that rocked me back on my heels...- Then, just as the team seemed to be establishing a foothold, two interceptions set them back on their heels.
- A tremendous drive set them back on their heels, forcing them to concede a penalty.
- They counter attack from deep in their own defence and our forwards should have been tackling them with a ferocity that would have disrupted them and rocked them back on their heels near their own lines.
See parent entry: heel |