diamondcutter
Senior Member
- Joined
- Oct 21, 2014
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- China
- Current Location
- China
I cut the map into pieces and handed them over to her, asking her to put those pieces together and make a complete map again.
But within several minutes, she was standing in front of me with a perfect map in her little hands. Surprised, I asked her how she did it so quickly and easily.
She smiled and said." Oh, Dad, there is a man's face on the other side of the map. I just tried to make his face completely."
Then she turned and ran outside to play, leaving me eyes wide and mouth open.
Source: English test paper, Henan Province Senior High School Entrance Examinations, 2020
I’d like to know if “eyes wide and mouth open” is a set phrase.
I wonder whether “leaving me eyes wide and mouth open” can be paraphrased like this.
“leaving me with my eyes wide and mouth open”
But within several minutes, she was standing in front of me with a perfect map in her little hands. Surprised, I asked her how she did it so quickly and easily.
She smiled and said." Oh, Dad, there is a man's face on the other side of the map. I just tried to make his face completely."
Then she turned and ran outside to play, leaving me eyes wide and mouth open.
Source: English test paper, Henan Province Senior High School Entrance Examinations, 2020
I’d like to know if “eyes wide and mouth open” is a set phrase.
I wonder whether “leaving me eyes wide and mouth open” can be paraphrased like this.
“leaving me with my eyes wide and mouth open”