in a stupor

in a stupor

Dazed. A: "Why is Caroline just sitting there, staring into space?" B: "Oh, she's been in a stupor ever since finishing her three-hour exam."
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

in a stupor

in a dazed condition; in a condition in which one cannot concentrate or think. The drunk driver walked away from the car accident in a stupor. In the morning, Mary remains in a stupor until she drinks coffee.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • stare
  • (as) honest as the day is long
  • be (sitting) on top of the world
  • make (one's) head swim
  • make head swim
  • What are you looking at?
  • see stars
  • let's call it a day
  • as many
  • crib note
References in periodicals archive
Officers who went to the scene found the constable in a stupor.
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FULLY LOADED: Lindsay staggers out of a nightclub and collapses; PARTIED OUT: Star in a stupor early yesterday; KERBIE: Star's car crashed at roadside Pictures: X17AGENCY.COM
At least she's not driving.. DRINK RAP LOHAN BACK ON BOOZE JUST 48 HOURS AFTER CAR CRASH.
Taylor is forced to try and hold their lives together while her mother drifts through each day in a stupor. Taylor takes over as "mother," doing all the household chores and managing their budget.
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His daughter and adoring son scarcely recognize him as he drags around their house in a stupor, and his wife, Leah, is at the end of her emotional rope.
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Several bites of a garden-variety geranium, and a Japanese beetle falls to the ground in a stupor that lasts some 8 hours.
Geraniums intoxicate Japanese beetles
PARTIED OUT: Star in a stupor early yesterday; FULLY LOADED: Lindsay staggers out of a nightclub and collapses; KERBIE: Star's car crashed at roadside Pictures: X17AGENCY.COM
Lindsay's at it again (WELL, AT LEAST SHE'S NOT DRIVING THIS TIME); THE NIGHT AFTER THE CRASH BEFORE.