You’re walking down the street, for instance, when all of a sudden, in the corner of your eye, you notice a boy picking the pocket of an old lady.

Or you’re walking down the street when straight ahead of you in a short distance, a dog is allowed to poo in the middle of the sidewalk with its owner not making any attempt at collecting it up.

These are the type of situations that may, unsurprisingly and literally stop anyone in their tracks.

Metaphorically speaking, anything surprising or alarming that stops us from continuing on with whatever we’re doing can also be regarded as something that stops us in our tracks.

For instance, you’re talking with your friends while watching the American Presidential Debate on TV between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton when Trump says something rude or lewd or just plain stupid and you are forced to stop in midsentence, open mouthed and in shock.

Yeah, that’ll be a perfect example of Trump stopping you in your tracks.

Trump being Trump, he’s practically stopped everyone, I dare say, friends and foes alike, in their tracks in the past few months, weeks or even the past few days.

That is hardly surprising but remember, the surprise element is essential if you want to put the phrase “stopping someone in their tracks” in use.

And here are examples – of people being stopped in their tracks, made frozen and speechless by what they see or experience, unable to go on:

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