take breath away

take (one's) breath away

To cause someone to feel intense, typically pleasant, astonishment or awe. Did you see Kathy's gorgeous new dress? It took my breath away. The play is stunning—it will take your breath away!

take someone's breath away

1. Lit. to cause someone to be out of breath due to a shock or hard exercise. Running this fast takes my breath away. Mary frightened me and took my breath away.

2. Fig. to overwhelm someone with beauty or grandeur; to surprise or astound someone. The magnificent painting took my breath away. Ann looked so beautiful that she took my breath away.

take (one's) breath away

To put into a state of awe or shock.

take one's breath away, to

To astound. This expression is pure hyperbole: one is so flabbergasted that one stops breathing. (The same idea is conveyed in the adjective breathtaking.) In the mid-nineteenth century Robert Browning used the term in Dramatis Personae (1864): “He never saw . . . what was able to take his breath away.”

词组	take breath away
释义	take breath away take (one's) breath away To cause someone to feel intense, typically pleasant, astonishment or awe. Did you see Kathy's gorgeous new dress? It took my breath away. The play is stunning—it will take your breath away! See also: away, breath, take Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. take someone's breath away 1. Lit. to cause someone to be out of breath due to a shock or hard exercise. Running this fast takes my breath away. Mary frightened me and took my breath away. 2. Fig. to overwhelm someone with beauty or grandeur; to surprise or astound someone. The magnificent painting took my breath away. Ann looked so beautiful that she took my breath away. See also: away, breath, take McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. take (one's) breath away To put into a state of awe or shock. See also: away, breath, take American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. take one's breath away, to To astound. This expression is pure hyperbole: one is so flabbergasted that one stops breathing. (The same idea is conveyed in the adjective breathtaking.) In the mid-nineteenth century Robert Browning used the term in Dramatis Personae (1864): “He never saw . . . what was able to take his breath away.” See also: breath, take The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: take (one's) breath away take one's breath away take somebody's breath away take someone's breath away take your breath away make (someone's) jaw drop zowie knock (one) on the floor knock (one) on the ground
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