knee-jerk reaction

Fig. an automatic or reflex reaction; an immediate reaction made without examining causes or facts. With one of his typical knee-jerk reactions, he said no immediately, citing some moral argument that no one understood.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Harden	['hɑ:dn]
Isaak	ee-SAH-ahk (Russian)	Russian, German, Biblical Greek
Brooks	BRUWKS	English
ZİYa	-	Turkish
Sunil	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Gujarati, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Nep
Jerzy	YE-zhi	Polish