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This meadow at Chanticleer filled with Allium and this unusual yellow orange Spirea that positively glows, is an unusual combination of colors that really knocks my socks off. It required a larger canvas than usual. This one is 9" x 12".
Where does the expression "knock your socks off" come from? It originally meant to hit someone so hard that not only their shoes but their socks were knocked off. Now of course it simply means to be suddenly amazed.
To quote the Word Detective where I found this info, " if it seems surprising that a very violent metaphor should end up as an expression of critical acclaim, keep in mind that the term "blown away," now routinely found in book and movie rave reviews, originally meant "to be killed by gunfire."
