Idiom
shut my mouth
Meaning
An exclamation of surprise or astonishment.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Shut my mouth, I cannot believe you won the lottery!”
“When she told me she was moving to another country tomorrow, I just said, shut my mouth, that is a huge surprise.”
“Upon hearing that the quiet librarian had actually written a best-selling mystery novel, I could only exclaim, shut my mouth, as I was completely stunned by the news.”
Examples
simple
“Shut my mouth, I cannot believe you won the lottery!”
contextual
“When she told me she was moving to another country tomorrow, I just said, shut my mouth, that is a huge surprise.”
complex
“Upon hearing that the quiet librarian had actually written a best-selling mystery novel, I could only exclaim, shut my mouth, as I was completely stunned by the news.”
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