jaw drops



your jaw drops

to show great surprise My jaw dropped when I heard she'd been admitted to Harvard.
See also: drop, jaw

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Josettezho-ZETFrench
Andres-Estonian
RupertRUY-pərt (Dutch), ROO-pərt (English), RUW-pert (Polish)German, Dutch, English, Polish
Elisie-Macedonian
Ferne[fɜ:n]
IngaING-ah (Swedish), ING-gah (German), EEN-gah (Russian)Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, German, Russian, Ancient Scandinavian, A