Easy English Expression, rehashed!
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So as I promised, this past week we've had some great expressions.
expressions. Made in the shade, a shady guy, a shadow to shadow someone beyond a shadow of a doubt.
Yeah, we're done. But boy, really excellent expressions.
I hope you learned something.
If you haven't, go back and listen again.
No problem. Today, we have another outstanding expression.
After all that shadow stuff, we can use today's expression.
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Today's expression is, the news knocked my socks off.
The news, the story, what he said, what she said, knocked, K -N -O -C -K -E -D, knocked my socks, S -O -C -K -S, off.
something knocked my socks off.
The news knocked my socks off.
When I heard the news, I couldn't believe it.
I was shocked. It was so shocking.
My body shot into the air like a rocket it.
And my shoes and socks stayed on the ground.
Can you imagine that image, that cartoon image of a cartoon character, totally surprised and his socks and shoes stay on the ground, but his body shoots upward. That's the idea.
If you look on Google, I'm sure you can find a funny picture.
Here are some search terms. Type knocked my socks off dentist. Dentist. D -E -N -T -I -S -T.
And you will see a very funny cartoon.
Now, to knock my socks off, once again, it means to shock you to surprise you and many times it can be very positive i am so handsome i'll knock your socks off when you see me you'll be oh my god shane is so handsome with his bald head and yeah well it's possible yeah it's not true but anyway let's check out the dialogue are you ready did you hear that nancy is pregnant i know the news knocked my socks off yeah she's 62 years old she's amazing this is her fourth kid did what 62 years old and pregnant again yeah the story's true uh -huh it happened 2006 british woman 62 years old gave birth to a child
to a healthy boy fantastic amazing and uh yeah Yeah, you know, it's amazing though, when this child is 18 years old, she will be 80.
My grandmother was a grandmother at 62, not a mother.
My goodness, yeah, that's pretty impressive.
The human body is amazing.
I wonder how she's doing now.
That was actually eight years ago.
So right now, that mother is 70, and the child is 8.
I don't know. What can you say?
That's amazing. That story, when I saw that story, it did knock my socks off.
That's an amazing story.
Let's check out that dialogue two more times.
Did you hear that Nancy is pregnant?
I know. No, the news knocked my socks off.
Yeah, she's 62 years old.
She's amazing. This is her fourth kid.
Did you hear that Nancy is pregnant?
I know, the news knocked my socks off.
Yeah, she's 62 years old.
She's amazing. This is her fourth kid.
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