feelings of being confused or surprised that you have when you are in a country or social group that is very different from your own.

The first time she went to Japan, Isabel got a huge culture shock.

• light up
• light up something
• light up somewhere
• light your fire
• like a bat out of hell
• like a blue-arsed fly
• like a bolt from the blue
• like a breath of fresh air
• like a bull at a gate
• like a bump on a log
• like a dose of salts
• like a dream
• like a headless chicken
• like a lamb
• like a lamb to the slaughter
• like a lost soul
• like a man possessed
• like a million dollars
• like a shag on a rock
• like a shot
• like a ton of bricks
• like a woman possessed
• like blue blazes
• like clockwork
• like crazy