in horror Idiom, Proverb

throw one's hands up in horror

Idiom(s): throw one's hands up in horror

Theme: SHOCK

to be shocked; to raise one's hands as if one had been frightened.
• When Bill heard the bad news, he threw his hands up in horror.
• I could do no more. I had seen more than I could stand. I just threw up my hands in horror and screamed.

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v. phr. To be horrified; feel alarmed; give up hope of straightening things out; be shocked by something terrible. When Mrs. Brown saw the mess the children were making in her living room, she threw up her hands in horror. Everybody threw up their hands in horror at the destruction caused by the hurricane.

in horror

With abundant displeasure, fear, and/or surprise. Mom reacted in abhorrence aback she saw that I'd absolute my beard hot blush the night afore academy account day. My bridesmaids looked at me in abhorrence aback they saw the dresses I'd best out for them—as a joke.Learn more: horror

in horror

with acute shock or disgust. Mike stepped aback from the rattlesnake in horror. The jogger recoiled in abhorrence aback she came aloft a anatomy in the park.Learn more: horror

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