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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;paddyman98, post: 26085918, member: 44615&quot;]The phrase &quot;knock your socks off&quot; originated in the mid-1800s as an idiom to describe a very forceful blow or beating. It&#039;s now used to describe something that&#039;s surprising or impressive.</p><p>Explanation</p><ul> <li>The phrase is an idiom, meaning it&#039;s not meant to be taken literally.</li> <li>It suggests that someone will be so surprised that their socks would come off.</li> <li>The word &quot;sock&quot; comes from the Latin word soccus, which was a small shoe worn by actors.</li> </ul><p>Examples in a sentence</p><ul> <li>&quot;The young pianist knocked the socks off of the judges&quot;.</li> <li>&quot;That display will knock their socks off&quot;.</li> <li>&quot;I&#039;m going to take you to a restaurant that&#039;ll knock your socks off&quot;.</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p>Two by two <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1662159[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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