nearly fall off (one's) chair
nearly fall off (one's) chair
To react to something with great shock or surprise. I nearly fell off my chair when Justin offered to do the dishes after dinner!
See also: chair, fall, nearly, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- nearly fall out of (one's) chair
- give (someone) the chair
- the chair
- pull up a chair
- grab a chair
- need doing
- haul (something) from (something or some place)
- break loose
- lash (someone, something, or oneself) to (something)
- lash to