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K.O.
What kind of sport is it?
Boxing
How to express when one fighter completely beats another fighter in boxing or in a game?
knock out
eg. He married a real knockout, the most beautiful woman I've ever seen!
eg. I knocked myself out to get the job done on time.
Sports idioms
Unit 2 Extended reading
What is an idiom?
What is its function?
Part I: Introduction
An idiom is a group of words with meanings different from the meanings of the individual words.
Idioms make language more colourful and expressive.
Definition
Function
move the goalposts
eg. 这个保险推销员每次即将达成他的年度销售目标时,公司总是抬高任务标准。
The company tends to move the goalposts every time the insurance salesman is about to reach his annual sales target.
If someone “moves the goalposts” in life, it means they _______________________
___________________________________.
Part II: Implications of sports idioms
unfairly change the rules or requirements for something
score an own goal
If someone _____________________