May 20, 2023 · It doesn't help that the approved answer to the other question only gives a partial account of the origin of "knock it off", which may be partly connected to auctioneers but …

Oct 7, 2015 · One major factor in popularizing the positive meaning of "knock your socks off" was an ad campaign done by Pepsi-Cola in the mid-1960s to promote Mountain Dew, a regional …

Jan 4, 2013 · Knock off has numerous meanings, so it’s unlikely that there is one explanation for them all. The OED’s earliest citation in the sense ‘to dispatch, dispose of, put out of hand, …

Mar 28, 2013 · Knock it off: Stop what you are doing - stop irritating me with your words/behaviour. Drop it: Never mind, forget about it, stop this conversation before it …

Jun 6, 2013 · Here is the definition of off color in Chapman & Kipfer, Dictionary of American Slang, Third Edition (1995): off color adj phr by 1875 Somewhat salacious; risqué; =BLUE: a …

Jul 23, 2020 · This, it seems, is equivalent to throwing the glove in days of yore, or to the boyish custom of knocking a chip off the shoulder." In 1830 the New York newspaper The Long Island …

A "knock-off" situation, whether it's a copy or a new or different branding of the same "blanks", has to involve one brand that's more successful than the other, with the latter trying to "cash in" by …

Aug 24, 2015 · To strike off by or as by a blow; also fig. to knock off a person's head , to ‘beat’ or surpass him. 1862 Cornhill Mag. June 655, I could knock his head off in Greek Iambics. To …

Oct 28, 2015 · Here's the text: A: Nobody's fed me all day and I'm still part of this family. B: There's a sandwich in the fridge. Knock yourself out! What does it mean by knock yourself out?

Nov 28, 2014 · The AmE expression knock on wood and the BrE version touch wood ( which predates the American one) are two common 'superstitious' sayings: knock on wood is used …