Idiom - Knock your socks off

Knock your socks off:

If something knocks your socks off, it amazes you and surprises you.

When Nora did her presentation on the new development, she knocked our socks off. It was very impressive.

Michael knocked everyone's socks off when he performed at the music awards. It was the best performance of the night, by far.

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Vocabulary - Off the Rack

Off the Rack:

If you buy something “off the rack”, it means that you are buying it directly from the store.  It means that no one is making a special size made for you. When you get something like a suit, or a dress, made perfectly for your exact body, it is called getting “tailor made” clothing.


Idiom - A Weight off Your Shoulders

A Weight off Your Shoulders:

You can say a weight is off your shoulders if you no longer have to worry about something or deal with something difficult.

Thanks so much for agreeing to take care of Snoopy while I'm away. It's a weight off my shoulders knowing that a real dog lover will be looking after her.

I think it was a real weight off Cathy's shoulders when you offered to take care of the arrangements. She's got so much else to deal with at the moment.


Idiom - Off the Charts

Off the Charts:

If something is “off the charts” it means that it is too big to even measure, or “unusually large in some way”.

If a person weighs 250 kg, you could say that their weight is “off the charts“.  It’s “too big to measure” or “too big for a normal scale to measure”.

Her singing is amazing.  It’s off the charts.

I can’t believe how stupid he is.  It’s just off the charts!

His strength is off the charts.  He’s the strongest person I’ve ever seen.

Idiom - on the off-chance

On the off-chance:

You can say you're doing something "on the off-chance" if you're doing it because it might lead to something that you want, even though it's not definite.

Photographers follow celebrities around on the off-chance that they can get a good photograph of them and sell it.

I'll call Frank and tell him where we are on the off-chance that he can join us.