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Old 13-Feb-2005, 17:28
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Default drop someone's jaw

Hello.
I saw 'drop someone's jaw' used on the Internet or something and
went to my dictionary to check the exact meaning of the idiom.
The example given in the dictionary was 'her jaw dropped in surprise'.
The dictionary says that 'someone's jaw dropped' is used to in order to say that someone is very surprised'.
It says nothing about the transitive form of this idiom.
Is 'drop someone's jaw' acceptable?
Also, is it correct that the meaning of 'drop someone's jaw' is 'to surprise someone very much?
Thank you.
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