cocked Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

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go off half-cocked

act or speak before being ready He always goes off half-cocked when he is at a meeting.

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half cocked

(See go off half cocked)

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cocked

1. extremely drunk:"He is cocked off his ass right now from the Bud Light"
2. ruined; trashed:"They cocked that party"

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go off half-cocked|cock|go|go off at half cock|hal

v. phr., informal To act or speak before getting ready; to do something too soon. Bill often goes off half cocked. Mr. Jones was thinking about quilting his job, but his wife told him not to go at half cock.

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cocked hat

cocked hat
knock into a cocked hat
Slang to damage or spoil completely

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half-cocked

half-cocked
go off half-cocked
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1) to go off too soon: said of a firearm
2) to speak or act thoughtlessly or too hastily
also go off at half cock

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knock into a cocked hat

knock into a cocked hat
Debunk, render useless or unbelievable. For example, His findings knocked our theory into a cocked hat. This expression alludes to a style of hat with the brim turned up on three sides—the three-cornered (tricorne) hat worn by officers in the American Revolution—giving it a distorted look. [Early 1800s]