Michael Sylvester asks: >To be knocked out means to go to sleep.True or False.
False. In normal use, of course, it is what would happen to any of us if we got into the ring with a heavyweight boxer. But in British English it can more rarely mean two other things: To be extremely tired - e.g., I feel really knocked out after a heavy day at work To be bowled over by some event - e.g., I was knocked out by that film I see that my Chambers dictionary describes both these other uses of "knocked out" as slang. --Allen E. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
