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
WiktorVEEK-tawrPolish
Stanislavstah-nee-SLAHF (Russian)Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Medieval Slavic
Serinasə-REEN-əEnglish
ChÍ-Vietnamese
EkİN-Turkish
AlvinAL-vinEnglish