[knock out] {v. phr.} To make helpless, unworkable, or unusable. * /The champion knocked out the challenger in the third round./ * /The soldier knocked out two enemy tanks with […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

knock oneself out

[knock oneself out] {v. phr.}, {informal} To work very hard; make a great effort. * /Mrs. Ross knocked herself out planning her daughter's wedding./ * /Tom knocked himself out to […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

knock about

[knock about] or [knock around] {v.} To travel without a plan; go where you please. * /After he graduated from college, Joe knocked about for a year seeing the country […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

knock off one's feet

[knock off one's feet] {v. phr.} To surprise (someone) so much that he does not know what to do. * /Her husband's death knocked Mrs. Jones off her feet./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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break away

[break away] or [break loose] {v. phr.} To liberate oneself from someone or something. * /Jane tried to break loose from her […]

keep a stiff upper lip

[keep a stiff upper lip] {v. phr.} To be brave; face trouble bravely. * /He was very much worried about his sick daughter, […]

Tom Waits

(1949--) U.S. singer Maybe there's no devil; it's just God when He's drunk.

hand and foot

[hand and foot] {adv. phr.} 1. So that the hands and feet cannot be used. - Used with "bind" or a synonym. * /The robbers […]

sitting pretty

[sitting pretty] {adj.}, {slang} To be in a lucky position. * /The new library is sitting pretty because a wealthy woman […]

Wilfred Sheed

(1920--) U.S. writer If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English.

brown bread

[brown bread] {adj.} Dead (Cockney rhyming slang).