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What is a deer in the headlights?

What is a deer in the headlights? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (idiomatic) A person in a mental state of high arousal caused by anxiety, fear, panic, surprise and/or confusion, or substance abuse.
  2. (idiomatic) A person with a stunned or glazed expression.
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This youngster, Rob, moves in my cell like a deer in the headlights.
Prior to the winter break, there were times when Skovdahl looked like a deer in the headlights as defeat followed defeat.
She just stood there, terrified, like a deer in the headlights.
We abandon good judgment and good decisions and look like a deer in the headlights.
Faced with the issue on the campaign trail, the visionary environmentalist looked like a deer in the headlights.
Back then, Davis was like the proverbial deer in the headlights, paralyzed by blackouts that started in San Diego and within months darkened most of the state.

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