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Old 14-Feb-2005, 05:46
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Default Re: drop someone's jaw

Marylin, thank you for you reply and giving me very informative examples.

>Someone's jaw drops but you can't drop someone's jaw.

You cleared up my question.
Actually, there is another question.

>My jaw dropped when I saw my phone bill.

As I mentioned in my last post, I often see 'something dropped someone's jaw'
on the Internet.
According to your answer, this would be a mistake or an error, but
could 'something dropped someone's jaw' have other meanings than 'surprising someone'?

The example I saw on the Internet is as follows.

The film dropped my jaw.

Thanks in advance.
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