knock someone’s socks off
knock someone’s socks off
tv. to surprise or startle someone; to overwhelm someone. Wow, that explosion nearly knocked my socks off.
See also: knock, off, sock
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- check off
- better off than (someone)
- blow (one's) socks off
- blow/knock somebody's socks off
- (I've) got to take off
- a little off Go to a bit
- cadge (something) off (someone)
- cadge something off someone
- bum (something) off (someone)
- bum something off someone