your eyes pop out of your head
informala 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.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Surprised
- aback
- agape
- aghast
- amazed
- appal
- flabbergast
- ghost
- gobsmacked
- goggle-eyed
- headlight
- horror
- horror of horrors idiom
- jaw
- jump/leap out of your skin idiom
- open-mouthed
- palpitation
- round-eyed
- sb's jaw drops (open) idiom
- shock
- slack-jawed
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