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SOC Idiom

knock your socks off

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

pull up your socks

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

sock it to me

tell me, give it to me, hit me, shoot """It's bad news,"" he said. ""Sock it to me,"" I said."

sock it to someone

give everything one is capable of The president socked it to the audience with his speech at the convention.

associate with

1．find a connection between； join together in mind把…与…联系起来；联想
I always associate the smell of these flowers with my childhood．闻到这些花香，我就会联想到童年时代。
We naturally associate the name of Darwin with the doctrine of evolution．我们很自然地把达尔文的名字与进化论联系在一起。
2．keep company with与…交往；与…合作
He won't have his son associate with dishonest boys．他不准儿子同不诚实的男孩交往。
They are ready to associate themselves with us in an enterprise．他们乐于跟我们合作办企业。

sock sth away

Idiom(s): sock sth away

Theme: SAVING

to store something in a safe place. (Informal.)
• While I worked in the city, I was able to sock $100 away every month.
• At the present time, I can't sock away that much.

pay one's debt to society

Idiom(s): pay one's debt (to society)

Theme: PUNISHMENT

to serve a sentence for a crime, usually in prison.
• The judge said that Mr. Simpson had to pay his debt to society.
• Mr. Brown paid his debt in state prison.

Put a sock in it

If someone tells you to put a sock in it, they are telling you to shut up.

Work your socks off

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

a social butterfly

a person with lots of friends and acquaintances: She's a bit of a social butterfly."

pull your socks up

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

it will blow your socks off

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

pillar of society|pillar|society

n. phr. A leading figure who contributes to the support and the well-being of his/her society; a person of irreproachable character. Mrs. Brown, the director of our classical symphony fund, is a true pillar of society.

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.

social climber|climber|social

n. A person who tries to mix with rich or well-known people and be accepted by them as friends and equals. People do not like Mrs. Brown very well; she is known as a social climber. Social climbers are usually soon known and they are not accepted by those they run after.

sock it|sock

v. phr., also interj., slang, informal To give one's utmost; everything one is capable of; to give all one is capable of. Right on, Joe, sock it to 'em! I was watching the debate on television and more than once Bill Buckley really socked it to them.

take a punch at|poke|punch|sock|take|take a poke|t

v. phr. To try to hit (someone) with the fist; swing or strike at; attack with the fists. Bob was very angry and suddenly he took a punch at Fred. Johnny knocked my hat off, so I took a poke at him. I felt like taking a sock at Joe, but I kept my temper.

dissociate

dissociate
dissociate oneself from
to deny or repudiate any connection with

knock someone's socks off

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

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]

mutual admiration society

mutual admiration society
A relationship in which two people have strong feelings of esteem for each other and often exchange lavish compliments. The term may signify either genuine or pretended admiration, as in Each of them praised the other's book—it was a real mutual admiration society. The expression was invented by Henry David Thoreau in his journal (1851) and repeated by Oliver Wendell Holmes and others.

society

society
see under mutual admiration society.

sock

sock
1.
sock away
â
Informal to set aside (money), esp. as savings
2.
sock in
â
to ground (an aircraft) or close (an airfield) as because of fog: usually in the passive voice
3.
sock it to
â
to confront, rebuke, attack, or otherwise treat harshly or severely

sock away

sock away
Put money in a safe place for future use, as in I've got about $2,000 socked away for a new car. This usage presumably alludes to putting one's savings in a sock. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s]

sock in

sock in
Close down an airport or other facility due to thick fog or other weather conditions impeding visibility, as in The airport was socked in all morning and air traffic was at a standstill, or We finally got to the peak and were totally socked in—there was no view at all. The sock referred to here is probably a windsock, as decisions to close an airport are made in part on the basis of observations of wind-socks, which indicate wind direction. The expression was first recorded in 1944.

sock it to

sock it to
Deliver a physical blow, forceful comment, or reprimand to, as in The judge often socks it to the jury in a murder case. This idiom uses sock in the sense of “strike hard.” It is also put as an imperative, as in Sock it to them, kid! or Sock it to me!, which is sometimes used to give encouragement but can also have sexual overtones. [Second half of 1800s]