O‘zb: Bir paqir qaynoq suv quygandek
Eng: Stop/halt (dead) in one's tracks
Eng: Stop/halt (dead) in one's tracks
Tavsif
Kutilmagan zarbadek
Description
To suddenly stop, especially because something has frightened or surprised you
Misol(lar)
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Birdan ovqat qo‘yganim esimga tushdi. Va boshimdan bir paqir qaynoq suv quygandek bo‘ldi. Manba: Ahmad Lutfi Qozonchi, Qaynona |
Example(s)
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The lifting lever on the drawbar was a little scraped up, and a couple of grab bars were marred, but when the two men rounded the snout of the engine, they halted dead in their tracks. It was a sickening sight, that car riding thin on the pilot as if it had been flattened for a junkyard. Manba: LaVyrle Spencer, Then came heaven |