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Meanings of blow out of the water in English

Portuguese
pasmar
Catalan
xocar
Spanish
chocar

Surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off.

        pasmar
        Usage of blow out of the water in English
        1
        Our batteries are able to blow out of the water every vessel that flies the Northern flag.
        The Guns of Bull Run: A Story of the Civil War's Eve
        2
        So when parenthood came knocking, I was blown out of the water.
        The Irish Times
        3
        It's blown out of the water by the North African state of Mauritania.
        The South African
        4
        I feel the expectations are being blown out of the water, he said.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Their record has been blown out of the water by the humble jellyfish.
        BBC
        6
        At a sweep, that theory is blown out of the water.
        The Irish Times
        7
        Yeah, and we could get blown out of the water too.
        Broken angels
        8
        This idea was blown out of the water in 2004.
        BBC
        9
        Back then, they were physically blown out of the water.
        The Irish Times
        10
        He was confident, but five years later Forbes' ideas were blown out of the water.
        BBC
        11
        It's bad enough I may be blown out of the water by my own daughter.
        The abduction
        12
        Some are already at it and we all hope they get blown out of the water.
        The Guardian
        13
        If there's a lockdown in the next four weeks we'll be blown out of the water.
        The Guardian
        14
        Blown out of the water just like that.
        Moonfall
        15
        Now, though, that argument (like all previous ones) has been blown out of the water.
        The Guardian
        16
        Unless we surrender here we are going to be blown out of the water in short order.
        The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet
        Translations for blow out of the water