bowl over大吃一惊

【使用地区】：美国，英国

【释义】：

Apparently this term，meaning to surprise greatly，is a British expression coined in the late nineteenth century．It is said to have derived from a cricket term descrbing the bowler throwing the ball to the batsman．

这是一个英国英语的表达方式，意为“大吃一惊”，最初出现于19世纪末叶，据说源于板球运动，指投球手将球扔给击球手。