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.
See also:
  • 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