to knock into the middle of next week
- idiom
- Informal
- I was knocked into the middle of next week by the shocking news.
Examples
-
The news was so unexpected it knocked her into the middle of next week.
-
Tom knocked me into the middle of next week with his joke!
-
If you keep bothering me, I’ll knock you into the middle of next week.
-
That spicy food was so strong it nearly knocked me into the middle of next week.
-
That spicy food almost knocked me into the middle of next week with how intense it was.
-
The surprising announcement knocked her into the middle of next week, leaving her speechless.
-
When he heard the unexpected news, he felt like he had been knocked into the middle of next week.
Synonyms
To hit something by accident with a sudden movement
To hit someone or something hard so it makes a loud sound
To make someone unconscious by a hit, illness, or being very tired
Use force to make someone or something fall to the ground
To make someone unconscious by hitting them
To surprise someone suddenly and very strongly
To surprise someone very much so they cannot react
To surprise someone very much and leave them speechless
To be so surprised that you almost cannot react
To make someone feel very tired, weak, or sad
To feel a sudden strong shock or surprise
To hit someone very hard or to shock someone very much
To feel sudden shock or surprise
Happening with a sudden loud crash
Antonyms
How Dazed
- NSFW
- Informal
Surface Forms
Morphology
knock + into + the + middle + of + next + week
Although the parts ('knock' = hit, 'into' = change of state, 'middle of next week' = a time) are individually transparent, the overall meaning (to be so shocked or dazed that one is metaphorically displaced in time) relies on a figurative, hyperbolic mapping from physical impact to temporal displacement. This metaphorical leap is not fully predictable for a B1 learner who has not seen the expression before, so the phrase is partially but not completely transparent.
Etymology
Knock into the middle of next week paints a funny picture: imagine someone knocked so hard they fly forward in time to the middle of next week. So the phrase means to hit, shock, or surprise someone so much they are left 'stunned' or 'overwhelmed'.