🦌 Deer
"Staring like a deer in headlights"
Meaning
Looking frozen because you are shocked or scared.
About the deer
Deer freeze when startled by sudden light or movement, which is exactly the idiom about being caught off guard.
Example sentence
When the teacher called my name, I stared like a deer in headlights.
Test yourself
Which idiom means...
Looking frozen because you are shocked or scared.