| 词汇 | knocked into a cocked hat |
| 词源 | knocked into a cocked hat. To knock someone into a cocked hat means to beat him badly in a game of skill. The expression derives from the old game of ninepins, where three pins were arranged in the form of a triangle (like a three-pointed cocked hat). When all pins but these three were knocked down, the set was said to be knocked into a cocked hat. |
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