blow the doors off

Literally, to trigger an explosion in some sort of secure space, of sufficient strength to breach the doors and allow entry, usually for some nefarious purpose.

By extension: To exceed some form of convention, norm, or expectation by a wide margin, to the point of obliterating those expectations and redefining the conceptual space.

Popularized by Michael Caine's famous line from "The Italian Job" during a bungled burglary attempt: "You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"

They've got no idea how much money 'Fast & Furious 6' is going to make this Holiday season. It's gonna blow the doors off!

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ho

A somewhat more familiar and less pejorative contraction of the word "whore"; often used for comic effect.

Everyone loves Julia Roberts' character in "Pretty Woman"... did y'all forget that she was playin' a ho!?

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