1knock/beat somebody/something into a cocked hatBETTERto be a lotbetter 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。
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knock/beat somebody/something into a cocked hat• Cavalli had no difficultyknocking the work of other composers into a cocked hat.
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
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cocked hat• Knocked 1968 into a cocked hat.• They knock all other mills into a cocked hat, I assure you.• The touristtradedepends too much on the cocked hat.