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大眼瞪小眼

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Collocation

1
只能大眼瞪小眼
2
他们大眼瞪小眼

Definition

大眼瞪小眼

Literally means:

gaze at each other in speechless dismay

Actually means:

be at one' swit's end

It literally means gazing at each other. It indicates looking at each other without knowing what to do.

你瞪着眼看我,我瞪着眼看你。表示你看我,我看你,不知怎么办好。

Example

Used as predicate or object. (作谓语、宾语)
1
men
他们
de
chē
kāi
zài
huāngjiāowài
荒郊野外
shí
rán
突然
huài
le
  
,
jiā
大家
yǎn
大眼
dèng
xiǎoyǎn
小眼
  
,
háobàn
毫无办法
  

Their car suddenly broke down while driving in the wilderness, and everyone was staring, and there was nothing they could do.

2
Liǎng
lǎorén
老人
  
,
jiǎng
yīng
英语
  
,
jiǎng
hàn
汉语
  
,
dào
遇到
zhèzhǒng
这种
jǐn
紧急
de
shìqing
事情
无法
gōutōng
沟通
  
,
zhǐnéng
只能
yǎn
大眼
dèng
xiǎoyǎn
小眼
  
,
zài
li
那里
gānzháo
干着急
  
.

Two old people, one English-speaking, one Chinese-speaking, encountered such an urgent matter can not communicate, can only stare at the big eyes, where anxious.

3
Zhè
shí
dào
题目
  
,
men
他们
zuì
duō
zhǐnéng
只能
zuòchū
做出
liǎngsān
两三
dào
  
,
zěnme
怎么
néng
yǎn
大眼
dèng
xiǎoyǎn
小眼
ne
  
?

These ten topics, they can only make two or three at most, how can not stare?