before you can say knife 措手不及地;猝然

knife (pl. knives) = sword (詩、修辭)劍, dagger 短劍
cut like a knife (風等)冷如刀割
get/have one's/the knife into... 對...表示/懷著怨恨;嚴厲批評...;大罵...
play a good/capital knife and fork 飽餐一頓
war to the knife 血戰,死鬥
a knight of the air (brush, cue, needle/thimble, pen/quill, pestle, road)
飛行家(戲謔畫家、撞球家、裁縫、文人、藥劑師、劫盜)
the Knights of the Round Table圓桌武士 團

.....

The patient Pillow died under the knife. 病人Pillow在手術中死亡。
He was cut off in the prime of manhood. 他在壯盛之年去 世。
Let him stew in his own juice/grease. 讓他自作自受吧。
The girl sobbed her heart out. 那個女孩哭得死去活來。
The alarming news sobered all of them. 那個驚人 的消息使他們全都清醒過來。