give pause

Significado

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   to make sb think seriously about sth or hesitate before doing sth

   Of course, my moral safeguards gave me pause at the necessary sacrifice.

   For in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause.

En las películas · 3

• Of course, my moral safeguards gave me pause at the necessary sacrifice.Watchmen2009
• Give me pause.Deathtrap1982
• For in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause.Theatre of Blood1973

Apréndela en escenas completas

• Deathtrap1982
  • Sidney's Play Flops on Opening Night
  • Sidney Rants About Being Written Out
  • Sidney Plots to Steal a Play

De la misma entrada

• a pregnant pause