floored - idiom meaning?

Question

What is the meaning of "floored" idiom?

Answer 1

 

Idiom Conjugations:

 

Answer 2

Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Being floored can be an uncomfortable feeling.
 

Answer 3

Idiom Usage:

You are floored if you are so surprised that you fall to the floor in shock.
 

Answer 4

Idiom Scenario 2:

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You have been buying lottery tickets for years.  Sometimes you win $10.00.  One time, you won $1,000.  Today is the day for the next lottery and you have your ticket in your hand as you watch the winning numbers being announced on the television.  Guess what?  All your numbers match and you are the big winner of the jackpot of $1,000,000.

Are you floored? 

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Idiom Scenario 1:

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Jean and Sylvia have been lovers for many years.  They have always been careful not to display affection in public.  Their friends and family do not know the true nature of their relationship.  Jean and Sylvia decide that, in the present day, attitudes towards homosexuals have changed to the point where it is OK to be gay.  They decide to come out of the closet.  Jean and Sylvia will tell their families and friends about their relationship.

Do you think that Jean and Sylvia's families and friends will be floored by the news?

Answer 6

Idiom Definition:

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"to be floored"

to be very surprised
to be astounded
 

Synonyms:
amazed, astonished, astounded, blown away, bowled over, confounded, dazed, dumbfounded, overcome, overwhelmed, shocked, staggered, stunned, thrown
 
 
The man wearing the grey pants has literally been floored. - - - - ->