your eyes pop out of your head
informalDefinition
› a way of describing the way you look when you are extremely surprised to see something or someone: When she saw the amount written on the cheque, her eyes nearly popped out of her head.Surprised
(Definition of your eyes pop out of your head 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
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