Idiom
make someone's jaw drop
Meaning
To cause someone to be very surprised or alarmed.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The magic trick made my jaw drop.”
“When she revealed the secret price of her new house, it made everyone's jaw drop.”
“The athlete's incredible performance at the final competition made the entire audience's jaw drop in pure disbelief.”
Examples
simple
“The magic trick made my jaw drop.”
contextual
“When she revealed the secret price of her new house, it made everyone's jaw drop.”
complex
“The athlete's incredible performance at the final competition made the entire audience's jaw drop in pure disbelief.”
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