cocked hat
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌcocked ˈhat noun [countable] British English 1 knock/beat somebody/something into a cocked hat BETTERto be a lot better than someone or something else 远远胜过某人/某物 My mother is such a good cook she knocks everybody else into a cocked hat. 我妈妈厨艺高超，无人能及。2. DCCa hat with the edges turned up on three sides, worn in the past 〔旧时〕帽檐上卷的三角帽
Examples from the Corpus
cocked hat• Knocked 1968 into a cocked hat.• They knock all other mills into a cocked hat, I assure you.• The tourist trade depends too much on the cocked hat.ˌcocked ˈhat nounChineseSyllable
else better Corpus a something or lot be than someone to
cocked hat
ˌcocked ˈhat
noun [countable] British English
1. knock/beat somebody/something into a cocked hat to be a lot better than someone or something else:
My mother is such a good cook she knocks everybody else into a cocked hat.
2. a hat with the edges turned up on three sides, worn in the past
ˌcocked ˈhat
noun [countable] British English1. knock/beat somebody/something into a cocked hat to be a lot better than someone or something else:
2. a hat with the edges turned up on three sides, worn in the past
