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Meaning of knock someone's socks off | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To impress greatly; amaze; stun.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Français en boucher un coin étonner mettre une claque
Polski zerwać beret zrywać beret

Examples

“You wouldn't expect teenagers to sing opera, but these kids will knock your socks off.”
“But one of the enjoyable things of working around the railway is that no matter how well I think I know something or somewhere, there are always days when my socks are blown clean off.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

knock the corners off knock the daylight out of knock the living daylights out of knock the persimmon knock the stuffing out of knock together

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