I Was Floored Idiom

4 she is floored when her new hair color is green.

I was floored idiom.

Floored a term describing the state of being saturated in a particular emotion. To be floored means to be really shocked is floored by the news. 3 he is floored when his boss tells him that he is fired. Mcgraw hill s dictionary of american slang and colloquial expressions copyright 2006 by the mcgraw hill companies inc.

Literally knocked to the floor like if you ve been punched so someone could have floored the guy in a fight. Past simple and past participle of floor 2. The guy was floored and didn t move a muscle ever again. 5 we are floored when we lose a game to the worst team in the.

Can t see a hole in a ladder. It drives me up the wall when people answer their cell phones in english class drives me up the wall is an idiomatic expression that means it makes you annoyed. Idiom definition to be floored to be very surprised. I was floored by all the help we received after our son was in a serious accident to be floored means surprised and or overwhelmed usually in a good way.

Scrape someone or something up off something sink through the floor sink through the floor to so clean that one could eat off the floor s. Jenny cannot believe it and she is really shocked. To hit someone and cause them to fall. To be stunned or overwhelmed in this particular emotion so substantially that it ties up a measurable amount of mental resources.

In example 1 two people who seemed like the perfect couple are getting a divorce because of an affair. Metaphorically in some dialects my own. To be floored meaning. 2 you are floored when you discover that your spouse is having an affair.

I was floored da war ich aber baff. Did you hear that jan. To shocked surprised or overwhelm ed by something example 1. Knocked to the floor by a blow.