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deer in the headlightsA 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.Rate it:

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like a deer caught in the headlightsReferring to someone who looks or acts startled like a deer in the road as a car approaches at night.Rate it:

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rabbitCaught like a rabbit in the headlights.Rate it:

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humble pieA pie made from the offal of deer or hog.Rate it:

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pecorum modo fugere (Liv. 40. 27)to flee like deer, sheep.Rate it:

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