Every day is a school day hereI have never heard nor read this bizarre expression "knocked for six" before. I had to look it up.
Knock someone for six definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
Knock someone for six definition: to give someone a surprise or shock which they have difficulty recovering from | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and exampleswww.collinsdictionary.com
It's from cricket, where if you hit the ball hard enough it will go all the way to the boundary rope, thereby gaining you 6 without having to run.
Yeah I normally do make it myself, we just did it for simplicity.Just a couple of things, if you're over 50 you can now get the flu jab for free so worth doing if you're of that age or even paying for one if you're not. The benefits of chicken soup are widely known, you still can't beat getting a bird and sticking it in a pot with a few veggies and preparing it yourself over shop bought if you can unless you live in a Yiddish part of town and have a good deli nearby.
Cricket. It's the bowler who is "hit for six" (so, a bad thing) when the batsman "knocks it out of the park" (which in US slang is a good thing).I have never heard nor read this bizarre expression "knocked for six" before. I had to look it up.
Knock someone for six definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
Knock someone for six definition: to give someone a surprise or shock which they have difficulty recovering from | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and exampleswww.collinsdictionary.com
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