| idiom. | остановиться как вкопанный | stop dead in one's tracks (A Nessie skeptic was taking a long walk between Fort Augustus and Invermoriston when he witnessed something very unusual in the water. (...) "I was just enjoying the wonderful views, mind elsewhere on a lovely clear breezy day, when I stopped dead in my tracks," he explained, adding, "From where I stood, at a clear vantage point in the hills, there was a very defined dark shape beneath the water." – остановился как вкопанный  mysteriousuniverse.org ART Vancouver) |
