Sentence examples similar to point of hock from inspiring English sources
Heel, in anatomy, back part of the human foot, below the ankle and behind the arch, and the corresponding part of the foot in other mammals that walk with their heels touching the ground, such as the raccoon and the bear; it corresponds to the point of the hock of hoofed mammals and those that walk on their toes (e.g., horse, dog, cat).
"It's just to get her ribs out of hock," he said.
Antonio has one, even if he first must get it out of hock.
Like most of Hock's dreams, it did not end well.
Operations that housed cows in an open/dry lot had a lower percentage of hock score ≥2 and hock score = 3 than other housing types.
Deep-bedded and well-maintained stalls reduce the risk of hock injuries.
Did I really just pay $600 to get my egg out of hock?
Incidence of hock osteochondrosis [ 18] was examined for a minimally related but family structured population of 627 French Trotter horses; 102 stallions sired the 525 horses that had been scored for hock osteochondrosis.
Tradition is Kitson's subject here: how our Christmases are in hock to it, which misses the point of the wonder, the sense of possibility it signified for us when we were young.
But ultimately, originality isn't the point; in "Switched," Hocking riffs on the conventions of the paranormal teenage and romance genres.
