كيف تنطق "deer in the headlights"

expression

DEER in thuh HED-laits

DEE-uh in thuh HED-laits

التعريف

Looking shocked, scared, or frozen when surprised or under pressure, like how a deer freezes when it sees headlights.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈdɪɹ/ /ˈɪn/, /ɪn/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈhɛdˌɫaɪts

الإنجليزية البريطانية

dˈiə/ /ˈɪn/ /ðə, ði/ /hˈɛdlaɪts

أمريكي

DEER in thuh HED-laits

بريطاني

DEE-uh in thuh HED-laits

When the teacher called on him, he looked like a deer in the headlights.

She stood there like a deer in the headlights, not knowing what to say.

When he forgot his lines, he was a deer in the headlights on stage.

I asked him a simple question and he just stood there, a total deer in the headlights.