like a deer in (the) headlights

In a state or manner of paralyzing surprise, fear, or bewilderment. Likened to the tendency of deer to freeze in place in front of an oncoming vehicle. When she asked me to marry her, I could only stand there like a deer in headlights. He froze like a deer in the headlights when I caught him taking money out of the register.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aniya	-	English (Modern)
Louis	loo-EE (French), LOO-is (English)	French, English, Dutch
Cullen	KUL-ən	English
Angelina	ahn-je-LEE-nah (Italian), an-jə-LEEN-ə (English), ahn-GYE-lee-nah (Russian), ahn-gye-LEE-nah (Russian), ahn-gee-LEE-nah (Russian), ahn-ge-LEE-nah (Polish)	Italian, English, Russian, German, Dutch, Polish, Spanish, Macedonian
Yanni	-	Greek
Priyanka	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali