a knee-jerk reaction
a knee-jerk reaction
Fig. an automatic or reflex reaction; an immediate reaction made without examining causes or facts.
With one of his typical knee-jerk reactions, he said no immediately, citing some moral argument that no one understood.
热门单词
- act high-and-mighty
- a lick of work
- (a little) new to (all) this
- all agog
- all in one piece
- a Mecca for so
- angle off (to(ward) sth)
- an offer one cannot refuse
- An ounce of common sense is worth a pound of theory.
- answer the call (of nature)
- an uphill battle
- any fool thing
- any port in a storm
- Anything you say.
- a paper trail
- a parting of the ways
- A place for everything, and everything in its place.
- apply oneself to sth
- a put-up job
- a regular guy
- (Are you) ready for this?
