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be left scratching one's head (после происшествия: Denizens of a Ukrainian village were left scratching their heads after a veritable armada of glowing anomalous orbs appeared in the night sky. • Police officers in Las Vegas were left scratching their heads when they responded to a call from a family who claimed that there were a pair of aliens in their backyard. coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver); leave groping for answers (Nobody had seen Brian Harrison since June 1982. He'd vanished without a trace, leaving the town of Oliver groping for answers to his whereabouts. ART Vancouver); at sixes and sevens (We were at sixes and sevens when the local grocery store closed Taras) |