Surprised by the journalist's question, he was like a deer caught in the headlights.
English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.
be like a rabbit 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 … New idioms dictionary
be 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 … New idioms dictionary
Roadkill — For the professional wrestler known as Roadkill, see Michael Depoli, for the movie marketed as Roadkill in the UK and Australia, see Joy Ride, for the Supernatural TV series episode, see Roadkill (Supernatural). Roadkill is an animal or animals… … Wikipedia
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… … Universalium
List of Late Night with Conan O'Brien sketches — For a list of sketches that debuted on The Tonight Show with Conan O Brien, see List of The Tonight Show with Conan O Brien sketches. The following is a list of sketches which debuted on Late Night with Conan O Brien on NBC. Contents 1 Late Night … Wikipedia
headlight — head|light [ˈhedlaıt] n also headlamp [C usually plural] ↑fog lamp, ↑headlight, ↑indicator, ↑mirror 1.) one of the large lights at the front of a vehicle, or the beam of light produced by this ▪ Suddenly, a figure appeared in my headlights . 2.)… … Dictionary of contemporary English
