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- be like a deer caught in the headlights
be like a deer caught in the headlights
be like a deer caught in the headlights
To be visibly startled and frozen in fear. I was like a deer caught in the headlights when my mom asked about that hideous sweater she gave me. When the security alarm started blaring, the burglar was like a deer caught in the headlights.
be like a deer/rabbit caught in the headlights
to be so frightened or surprised that you cannot move or think Each time they asked him a question he was like a deer caught in the headlights.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Tamazi | | - | Georgian |
Candida | | KAN-di-də (English) | Late Roman, English |
Katrine | | kaht-REE-ne (Danish) | Danish, Norwegian |
Hiroko | | hee-ṙo-ko | Japanese |
White | | [wait] | |
Cherokee | | CHER-ə-kee | English (Rare) |