like a deer caught in the headlights
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like a deer caught in the headlights — idiom
1. To be so surprised or frightened by something that you cannot move or think clea
1.idiom
Definition
To be so surprised or frightened by something that you cannot move or think clearly — like a deer that freezes when a car's bright lights shine on it at night.
Example
When the teacher asked Ife a question she had not prepared for, she stood there like a deer caught in the headlights.