To knock one’s socks off means to impress someone favorably or to surprise someone in a positive manner. The idea behind the expression knock one’s sock’s off is to deal someone such a blow that not only is he knocked out of his shoes, but he is also knocked out of his socks.

Etymology. In the verb sense of stopping work, said to be from the practice aboard slave galleys to have a man beat time for the rowers by knocking on a block or drum; when he stopped, the rowers could rest.

To knock someone’s socks off is to impress them. It can also mean to take someone by surprise.

phrase [VERB inflects] If you tell someone to pull their socks up, you mean that they should start working or studying harder, because they have been lazy or careless.

An expression describing a person or thing that is distinctly inferior to someone or something else: “Senator Nelson is extremely knowledgeable, but as a speaker, he can’t hold a candle to Senator Delano.”

Can’t hold a candle to means to not be as good as something or someone else, to be less skillful or otherwise unfit when compared to something or someone else.

phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that one person or thing can’t hold a candle to another, you meant that the first person or thing is not nearly as good as the second.

When you tell someone that he is ‘going against the grain’, you mean that he is doing the exact opposite of what he normally does. He is not doing what is expected of him. *Shwetha doesn’t like asking people for help. It goes against the grain.

While shaving against the grain helps you get much closer to the skin, it also increases the risk of skin irritation, razor bumps, or even razor burn. What happens in reality is that you increase the risk of getting ingrown hairs, as well as uncomfortable red razor bumps.

: to do things that do not agree with what most other people are doing She has her own way of thinking and she’s not afraid to go against the flow.

God’s design has always been going against the grain, against the majority, the road less taken. The Bible tells us in Matthew 7:13-14: “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

Romans 12:2, NIV: “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is–his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

Being able to follow the flow allows the energy to keep moving. It allows your thoughts and intentions to stay clear, even when obstacles get in the way, and help you make choices that keep you moving towards the life that you want. The flow of energy in life is very important to your happiness and health.

Definition of go/swim with/against the tide : to think or behave in a way that agrees/disagrees with how most other people think or behave.

In this page you can discover 11 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for go-against, like: contradict, oppose, counteract, violate, breach, break, offend, infract, transgress, be opposed to and buck.

In this page you can discover 47 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for again, like: once-again, encore, reiteratively, another time, anew, once-more, repeatedly, newly, a second time, recur and on-and-on.

In this page you can discover 14 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for repeatedly, like: persistently, deliberately, frequently, cynically, never, seldom, regularly, time-and-again, mercilessly, several-times and violently.

again. Antonyms: continuously, uniformly, uninterruptedly, unintermittently, once. Synonyms: anew, afresh, repeatedly, frequently.

anew

1. afresh.
2. another time.
3. come again.
4. de novo.
5. from scratch.
6. from the beginning.
7. in a different way.
8. in a new way.

What is the opposite word for Searched? overlook. searched and overlook. neglect. searched and neglect.

In this page you can discover 49 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for searching, like: hunting, in search of, exploring, examining, seeking, scouring, careful, rummaging, looking-for, inquisitory and probing.

/sɝːtʃ/ B1 [ I or T ] to look somewhere carefully in order to find something: The police searched the woods for the missing boy. She searched his face for some sign of forgiveness, but it remained expressionless.

Chercher is a French verb meaning to search….What is the opposite of chercher?

The regular -er French verb chercher generally means “to look for” something or “to try to” do something.