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shell shock	A psychiatric condition characterized by fatigue caused by battle.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
sticker shock	Disgust, shock, or fright upon learning the price of an item offered for sale.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
shell shock	Used other than as an idiom: see shell, shock.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shell shock	A stunning shock.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shell shock	To stun or debilitate as by a shock.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shell shock	A person with the condition.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shock and awe	Military tactic consisting of excessive or overwhelming force to frighten and subdue the enemy; to intimidate, disrupt, or incapacitate one’s adversaries in order to achieve a desired reaction	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
holy cricket	In shock, terrified, etc. Saying it that will make you almost petrified or Stunned.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
pick up the pieces	To restore one's life (or a given situation etc.) to a normal state, after a calamity, shock etc.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
holy shit	Expression of terror, awe, surprise, shock, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term.	Rate it: (4.00 / 4 votes)
frozen stiff	was so shock	Rate it: (3.80 / 5 votes)
holy fuck	Expression of terror, awe, surprise, shock, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term.	Rate it: (2.50 / 4 votes)
take aback	To surprise or shock; to discomfit.	Rate it: (2.50 / 2 votes)
Knock Your Socks Off	To startle, shock, thrill, astonish, or amaze someone	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
hold onto your hat	Prepare for a shock!	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
my goodness	Used to express surprise, shock, or amazement. Also as "oh my goodness".	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
offensionem habere	to give offense to, to shock a person (used of things, vid. sect. V. 18).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shut the front door!	An exclamation of shock and/or disbelief; like saying, "No! Really?!" or "No way!" or "I don't believe it"	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
skin a cat	A word picture contrived for shock effect in expressing a variety of actions or accomplishments.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
slap in the face	Something unexpectedly said or done which causes shock or offense; an insult, rebuke, or rebuff.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
thunder struck	To shock, suprise.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
um Himmels willen	Oh my God!, Oh dear!, Oh no!, No way!; expletive used to express extreme surprise, shock or disbelief.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
white as a sheet	Very white or pale, as if suffering from shock.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
words fail someone	Of a person: to be incapable of describing something with words, especially due to fear, shock, or surprise.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)