take breath away

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to be very surprising or beautiful

   When you see that thing for the first time, it takes your breath away.

   How handsome you look today. Ooh, you absolutely take my breath away.

In the movies · 5

• Anna, you quite take my breath away.The Ghost and Mrs. Muir1947
• When you see that thing for the first time, it takes your breath away.The Dawn Wall2017
• How handsome you look today. Ooh, you absolutely take my breath away.Hello, Dolly!1969
• You think you can take my breath away?Nightmare Alley2021
• Takes your breath away, doesn't it?Water for Elephants2011
• I mean, you take my breath away, you know that?The Curious Case of Benjamin Button2008
• The cold takes your breath away.My Octopus Teacher2020
• ...to take my breath away.Cleopatra1963

Learn it in full scenes

• The Ghost and Mrs. Muir1947
  • Lucy Leaves Her In-Laws' House
  • Lucy Insists on Gull Cottage
  • Lucy Rents the Haunted House
• The Dawn Wall2017
  • Tommy's Father Toughens Him Up
  • Tommy Caldwell Wins Snowbird
  • Climbers Taken Hostage in Kyrgyzstan

From the same entry

• a breath of air
• a breath of fresh air
• the breath of life to
• get your breath
• hold your breath
• in the same breath
• his last breath
• out of breath
• say sth, speak, under your breath
• with bated breath
• catch your breath
• draw breath

More idioms

• with your eyes shut
• at best
• in short
• keep your distance
• see fit
• as it happens
• a matter of life and death
• it's a free country
• come and go
• to bits
• for better or worse
• give the creeps