English Reference

Idiom

knock someone into the middle of next week

Meaning

To thoroughly beat or trounce someone.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“If you touch my car, I will knock you into the middle of next week.”

“The heavyweight champion promised to knock his opponent into the middle of next week during their upcoming title fight.”

“The seasoned veteran warned the young upstart that one more insult would result in him being knocked into the middle of next week.”

Examples

simple

“If you touch my car, I will knock you into the middle of next week.”

contextual

“The heavyweight champion promised to knock his opponent into the middle of next week during their upcoming title fight.”

complex

“The seasoned veteran warned the young upstart that one more insult would result in him being knocked into the middle of next week.”

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