balk at the idea (of something)

To indignantly reject or recoil from a given idea, topic, or suggestion. He balked at the idea of reducing the number of staff to pay for an increase to the executives' pay.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
LÓRÁNt	-	Hungarian
Aeschylus	ES-kəl-əs (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
'Avishay	-	Biblical Hebrew
Wasylyna	-	Ukrainian
Ceridwen	ke-RID-wen	Welsh
Cyril	SIR-əl (English), SEER-əl (English), TSI-ril (Czech)	English, French, Czech, Slovak