set one back on one's heels
удивить, ошеломить, шокировать кого-либо
Пример использования идиомы set one back on one's heels:
The news, which set my back on my heels, was announced at the interval of thirty minutes.
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Другие идиомы:
- set about to (do something or go somewhere)
- cool one's heels
- set great store on (someone or something)
- turn on one's heel
- Achilles' heel (of someone or something)
- set (someone or something) loose
- set (someone or something) straight
- set one's mind at rest
- set up (someone)
- set one's teeth on edge
- set type
- set up (something)
- set (someone) back on his or her heels
- set up shop (somewhere)
- set forth (somewhere)