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someone's jaw hits the ground
idiom
(alsosomeone's jaw hits the floor)
If someone's jaw hits the ground, they are or look extremely shocked and surprised:
When the assistant told me it cost £600 my jaw hit the ground.
Rose's jaw hit the floor because Adelaide had led everyone to believe her mother had died a long time ago.
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someone'sjaw drops (open)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Surprised
aback
agape
aghast
amazed
appalled
flabbergasted
flat-footed
gobsmacked
goggle-eyed
headlight
horror of horrorsidiom
jaw
not know what hit youidiom
open-eyed
open-mouthed
palpitation
pearl-clutching
stalk
you have (got) to be kiddingidiom
your eyes pop out of your headidiom
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