bat an eyelash »
To react in any slight way; to respond.
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bat an eyelid »
To react in any slight way; to respond.
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blow out of proportion »
To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with.
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bowl a googly »
Something unexpected, underhand or requiring a quick reaction or correction.
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chain reaction »
A nuclear reaction in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms.
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chain reaction »
A series of events, each one causing the next.
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deer in the headlights »
A mental state of high arousal caused by anxiety fear, panic, surpriseand/or confusion, or substance abuse. The behavioral signs are like a deer subjected to a car's headlights, such as widely opened eyes and a lack of motor reactions.
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get a rise out of »
To obtain a reaction from someone, especially one of annoyance.
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go batshit »
To become completely irrational; to react in an irrationally extreme manner.
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gut feeling »
An instinct or intuition; an immediate or basic feeling or reaction without a logical rationale.
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gut reaction »
An instantaneous reaction made without thought.
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la goutte d'eau qui fait d%C3%A9border le vase »
The final thing that is too much and forces a reaction; the straw that broke the camel's back.
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play it by ear »
To do something by guessing, intuition, or trial and error; to react to events as they occur.
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play the race card »
To assert that race or racism is responsible for a course of events, especially when race is not of particular significance to the issue in question; to attempt to inspire a particular reaction by raising the issue of race.
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pull somebody's leg »
To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying.
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