knock down to sizeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

knock down to size (third-person singular simple present knocks down to size, present participle knocking down to size, simple past and past participle knocked down to size)

1. Synonym of cut down to size
   • 2006, Shannon McKenna, Out Of Control:

     “Watch it with the delirious power trips, pal,” she warned him. “Keep it up, and I'll have to knock you back down to size."

   • 2013, Jerry Dennis, It's Raining Frogs and Fishes:

     The world is untamed and untameable. Wind, rain, and lightning knock us down to size.

   • 2015, Jimmy R. Watson, Big Jesus: A Pastor’s Struggle with Christology, page 49:

     My experience as a minister for twenty-five years has informed me that most people have inherited from their faith tradition a gigantic Jesus of epic proportions. I am almost hesitant to knock him down to size, and if I thought he truly was coming back as a 5'1" man with unlimited powers, I would probably keep my mouth shut.