《说岳全传》说藩王柴桂跟岳飞争做武状元，比箭的时候，岳飞先射，第一箭就射穿了透箭靶，连射九箭，“俱从一孔而出”，柴桂不必下场就知道输定了。美国人会说，Yueh Fei easily knocked the spots off Chai Kuei(岳飞轻易胜了柴桂)。Knock the spots off直译是“把点子打掉”，为甚么有“轻易胜过”的意思呢?这据说也是和射击比赛有关的。参赛的枪手用纸牌做靶子，谁把纸牌上的红点、黑桃之类点子打掉(Knock the spots off the card)，谁就获胜。所以，knock the spots off somebody/something等于“远远胜过某人或某件事物”了，例如:She has put several days of careful research into her report,which explains why it knocks the spots off everyone else's.(她这份报告，是花了好几天仔细查考的成果，自然远远胜过别人的了）。