like a deer in the headlights

[Nenad11]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #332 "English Slang Idioms (53)", question 2

I asked her to make a spreadsheet of our expenses, but she just looked at me like a deer in the .......... She listed Microsoft Excel on her resume, but I am not so sure she's familiar with it.

(a) forest
(b) zoo
(c) slaughter
(d) headlights

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #332 "English Slang Idioms (53)", answer 2

I asked her to make a spreadsheet of our expenses, but she just looked at me like a deer in the headlights. She listed Microsoft Excel on her resume, but I am not so sure she's familiar with it.

Correct answer: (d) headlights

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I asked her to make a spreadsheet of our expenses, but she just looked at me like a deer in the slaughter. She listed Microsoft Excel on her resume, but I am not so sure she's familiar with it.
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Does to be a deer in the headlights means to be surprised in a sort of a way,shocked?

[Kati Svaby]

Hello,
a deer in the headlights we say when one is caught and needs to make a decision, but cannot react quickly because what it happened it took him by surprise.
Kati Svaby
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