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clutch your pearls
idiom
disapproving
to behave as if you are very shocked, especially when you show more shock than you really feel in order to show that you think something is morally bad: 对某事过度地作出感到惊讶或感到可耻的反应
They clutch their pearls at the rest of the nation's obesity. 他们对国内其他地区的肥胖问题感到不可置信。
Only hypocrites clutch their pearls and faint when the truth is spoken.当真理被说出时，只有伪君子才会过度反应地假装晕过去。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Expressions of surprise
accha
achha
actually
ay
begorrah
blow
fancy
glory
heaven
hell's bells
hold onidiom
how about that?idiom
I ask you!idiom
I can't evenidiom
sagebrush
sheesh
shit
shock, horror!idiom
shut
shut the front door!idiom
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