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minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days ago Mr Holding’s parents, both in their 80s, had been “knocked for six”. Translation?
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoStunned, shocked. It originates in cricket, in which hitting the ball beyond the boundaries of the field without it bouncing gets you six points
minus-squareblackn1ght@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoI’d never given it any thought about where the expression came from. Makes sense though really, interesting!
Translation?
Stunned, shocked. It originates in cricket, in which hitting the ball beyond the boundaries of the field without it bouncing gets you six points
I’d never given it any thought about where the expression came from. Makes sense though really, interesting!