socks

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Oct 18, 2012, at 10:40 AM, "Cohen, Gerald Leonard" <gcohen at MST.EDU> wrote:

> Looks like a blend: "knock them back on their heels" and "knock their socks off".

maybe a production error, maybe something else.

possibly with "knock them off their feet" thrown in.

> Victor Steinbok [aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM] wrote, Thursday, October 18, 2012 12:33 PM:
>
> Is "knock them back on their socks" (as opposed to "heels") a normal
> expression? I flagged it in a public radio interview with a Naval
> Academy professor who is advocating elimination of the military academies.

arnold

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