pull (someone) up short

if something pulls someone up short, they suddenly stop what they are doing, especially because they are very surprised.

Seeing her picture in the paper pulled me up short.

• friend in need.
• friend in need is a friend indeed.
• friends in high places
• frighten out of their wits
• frighten out of wits
• frighten someone out of their wits
• frighten someone out of wits
• frighten someone to death
• frighten the daylights out of
• frighten the daylights out of someone
• frighten the hell out of
• frighten the hell out of someone
• frighten the life out of
• frighten the life out of someone
• frighten the living daylights out of
• frighten the living daylights out of someone
• frighten to death
• fritter away
• fritter away something
• from coast to coast
• from day one
• from head to toe
• ... from hell
• from hell
• from of the top drawer