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arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkMan's pop-up urinal death may never be explained, family fearswww.bbc.co.ukHossenfeffer@feddit.uk to And Finally...@feddit.ukEnglish · 8 个月前message-square6linkfedilink
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 个月前 Mr Holding’s parents, both in their 80s, had been “knocked for six”. Translation?
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·8 个月前Stunned, shocked. It originates in cricket, in which hitting the ball beyond the boundaries of the field without it bouncing gets you six points
minus-squareblackn1ght@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 个月前I’d never given it any thought about where the expression came from. Makes sense though really, interesting!
Translation?
Stunned, shocked. It originates in cricket, in which hitting the ball beyond the boundaries of the field without it bouncing gets you six points
I’d never given it any thought about where the expression came from. Makes sense though really, interesting!