walk on rocky socks Idiom, Proverb

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knock your socks off

surprise you, perform better than you expect This music will knock your socks off! It's rock and roll!

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pull up your socks

do better, improve He'll have to pull up his socks in math - if he wants to pass.

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Work your socks off

If you work your socks off, you work very hard.

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pull your socks up

work harder: "You'll have to pull your socks up if you want a promotion next year."

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it will blow your socks off

very hot food: "This is a fantastic stir-fry - it's hot enough to blow your socks off!"

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pull up one's socks|pull|pull up

v. phr. To try to do better, either in terms of one's behavior or at a task one is performing. I'll have to pull up my socks if I am going to finish my work today.

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knock someone's socks off

knock someone's socks off
see knock the socks off.

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knock the socks off

knock the socks off
Also knock someone's socks off.
1) Overwhelm, bedazzle, or amaze someone, as in The young pianist knocked the socks off of the judges, or That display will knock their socks off. [Slang; mid-1800s]
2) Also, knock the spots off. Surpass or outdo completely, defeat. For example, These large chains have been knocking the socks off the small independent grocers, or Our team knocked the spots off them. The spots most likely allude to target practice with playing cards where the object is to shoot through all the pips, spots, or marks indicating the suit or numerical value of a playing card, but one authority holds that they were used in a horse-breeding context and meant “to be in the vanguard.” [Mid-1800s]

walk on bouldered socks

slang To be clumsy to airing steadily or in a beeline band due to actuality drunk. The disciplinarian got out and absolved on bouldered socks, so the administrator hauled him into the station. She seemed appealing abstaining during dinner, but again she stood up and started walking on bouldered socks.Learn more: on, rocky, sock, walk

walking on bouldered socks

mod. booze intoxicated. He looks like he’s walking on bouldered socks. Learn more: on, rocky, sock, walking

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