That one meant mind blowing. To blow somebody out of their socks meant that the attack was so violent that the force of it was powerful enough to launch somebody out of their shoes and socks.
“That one meant mind blowing. To blow somebody out of their socks meant that the attack was so violent that the force of it was powerful enough to launch somebody out of their shoes and socks.”
They now mean the same. The original meaning went out of style a long time ago.