eyes out on stalks
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› If your eyes are out on stalks, they are wide open with surprise: His eyes were out on stalks as he watched his neighbour drive past in a brand new Porsche.Surprised
(Definition of eyes out on stalks from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- aback adverb
- agape adjective
- aghast adjective
- amazed adjective
- astonished adjective
- dumbfounded adjective
- gobsmacked adjective
- goggle-eyed adjective
- horror of horrors idiom
- jump/leap out of your skin idiom
- not believe your eyes/ears idiom
- not believe your luck idiom
- not know what has hit you idiom
- not know what hit you idiom
- open-eyed adjective
- staggered adjective
- stunned adjective
- surprised adjective
- thunderstruck adjective
- wonder verb (SURPRISE)
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