like a deer caught in the headlights

成語所屬單字deer

like a deer caught in the headlights — 慣用語

1. To be so surprised or frightened by something that you cannot move or think clea

1.慣用語
釋義

嚇呆;不知所措

To be so surprised or frightened by something that you cannot move or think clearly — like a deer that freezes when a car's bright lights shine on it at night.

例句

When the teacher asked Ife a question she had not prepared for, she stood there like a deer caught in the headlights.