move a muscle

move a muscle
{v. phr.} To move even a very little. - Used in negative sentences and questions and with "if". * /The deer stood without moving a muscle until the hunter was gone./ * /The girls were so startled that they did not move a muscle./ * /You're sitting right where you were when I left! Have you moved a muscle?/ * /The robber said he would shoot the bank worker if he moved a muscle./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • move a muscle — {v. phr.} To move even a very little. Used in negative sentences and questions and with if . * /The deer stood without moving a muscle until the hunter was gone./ * /The girls were so startled that they did not move a muscle./ * /You re sitting… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • move\ a\ muscle — v. phr. To move even a very little. Used in negative sentences and questions and with if . The deer stood without moving a muscle until the hunter was gone. The girls were so startled that they did not move a muscle. You re sitting right where… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • move a muscle — (not) move a muscle to stay completely still. She sat without moving a muscle as the nurse injected the anaesthetic …   New idioms dictionary

  • move a muscle — don t move even a small amount The doctor told him not to move a muscle when he was fixing his leg …   Idioms and examples

  • not move a muscle — phrase to stay completely still Don’t move a muscle or someone will hear us. Thesaurus: to stop movingsynonym Main entry: muscle * * * I see muscle …   Useful english dictionary

  • not move a muscle — (not) move a muscle to stay completely still. She sat without moving a muscle as the nurse injected the anaesthetic …   New idioms dictionary

  • not move a muscle — don t move even a small amount The doctor told him not to move a muscle when he was fixing his leg …   Idioms and examples

  • not move a muscle — to stay completely still Don t move a muscle or someone will hear us …   English dictionary

  • not move a muscle — not make any physical exertion, not move at all …   English contemporary dictionary

  • muscle — 1 / mVsFl/ noun 1 (C, U) one of the pieces of flesh inside your body that connects your bones together and that you use when you move: The next day the muscles in my arm felt sore. | arm/chest/stomach muscles: bulging chest muscles | pull a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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