打闷棍儿

打闷棍儿

Literally means:

rob sb by beating him uncon scious with a club; give sb a stunning blow

Actually means:

It means beating somebody unconsciously with a club before he notices it.

It figuratively means giving somebody a sudden blow. It also means that something happening unexpectedly shocks somebody greatly. It often indicates that the victims do not know how to deal with this for the moment.

趁人不注意的时候，用棍子把人打晕。

比喻突然或暗中打击某人。也指某个突发事件给人以意外的打击。常含有受到打击的人一时不知道怎样对付的意思。