pearl-clutch

To react in a scandalized or mortified manner to once-salacious but now relatively common things, events, situations, etc. Parents should try not to pearl-clutch every time their teenagers come out of their room dressed outrageously—it only makes them want to push the envelope even further. My mother would always pearl-clutch whenever I began telling her about a new boyfriend, so eventually I stopped filling her in altogether.

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

clutch (one's)/the pearls
pearl-clutching
children and fools tell the truth
want to curl up and die
wish the ground would swallow (one) up
I don't fancy yours (much)
be short with (one)
get short with (one)
account of (someone or something)
accounting

词组	pearl-clutch
释义	pearl-clutch pearl-clutch To react in a scandalized or mortified manner to once-salacious but now relatively common things, events, situations, etc. Parents should try not to pearl-clutch every time their teenagers come out of their room dressed outrageously—it only makes them want to push the envelope even further. My mother would always pearl-clutch whenever I began telling her about a new boyfriend, so eventually I stopped filling her in altogether. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: clutch (one's)/the pearls pearl-clutching children and fools tell the truth want to curl up and die wish the ground would swallow (one) up I don't fancy yours (much) be short with (one) get short with (one) account of (someone or something) accounting
随便看	clash with clash with (someone or something) clasp clasp (something) to (something) clasp to class class act class clown classes classical style class (someone or something) with (someone or something) class warfare class with classy classy-chassis clatter around clause claw claw away claw back claw me, claw thee claw off claw (one's) way claw (one's) way back from (something) claw (one's) way (somewhere)