Question of the Day #452

"'You just watched his team’s jaws drop to the floor,' Trudeau says later on in the clip. "
From the 1st paragraph of this article at the Daily Beast.

上記の文で、his team's jaws drop の意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "his team's jaws drop" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、make someone's jaw dropの意味は、

〔驚嘆すべき事態などが〕（人）の口をあんぐり開けさせる、〔主語の事態に驚いて〕（人）は口をあんぐり開ける

Answer

According to https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/make+one%27s+jaw+drop:

To cause someone to pause in astonishment, awe, or disbelief, especially with their mouth left open.

Examples

• Did you see Kathy's new dress? It's so gorgeous it made my jaw drop!
• That play was so amazing that it made all of our jaws drop!
• It made my husband's jaw drop to hear that I was leaving him.
• When our son saw that we bought him a new car for his birthday, his jaw dropped.
• When they announced I was the one who got the promotion, everyone’s jaw dropped, including mine.

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