set one back on one's heels
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The news, which set my back on my heels, was announced at the interval of thirty minutes.
Другие идиомы:
- set one's teeth on edge
- dig in one's heels
- set (someone or something) loose
- set a trap
- set the pace
- set in one's ways
- set the table
- set the stage for (something)
- set one's eyes on (someone or something)
- set a date
- down-at-the-heels
- set (someone or something) straight
- Achilles' heel (of someone or something)
- set off (something)
- set up a meeting