K
Idioms beginning with "K"
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[knock on wood] {v. phr.}
To knock on something made of wood to keep from having bad luck. — Many people believe that you will have bad luck if you talk about good luck or brag about something, unless you knock on wood; often used in a joking way.
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[knockout] {n.}, {slang}
1. Strikingly beautiful woman.
Sue is a regular knockout.
2. A straight punch in boxing that causes one's opponent to fall and lose consciousness.
The champion won the fight with a straight knockout.
[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 his bazooka.
[knock over] {v. phr.}
To overturn; upset.
I accidentally knocked over the Chinese lamp that fell on size floor and broke.
[knock the living daylights out of] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal}
To render (someone) unconscious (said in exaggeration).
The news almost knocked the living daylights out of me.
[knotty problem] {n. phr.}
A very complicated and difficult problem to solve.
Doing one's income tax properly can present a knotty problem.
[know]
See:
[FOR ALL ONE KNOWS],
[GOD KNOWS] or [GOODNESS KNOWS] or [HEAVEN KNOWS],
[IN THE KNOW],
[NOT KNOW WHICH WAY TO TURN] or [NOT KNOW WHICH WAY TO JUMP].
[know a thing or two about] {v. phr.}
To be experienced in; have a fairly considerable knowledge of.
Tom has dealt with many foreign traders; he knows a thing or two about stocks and bonds.