turn to stone

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To become completely still, not moving.
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The lions would creep up on their prey, but turn to stone when the prey looked in their direction.

Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'turn to stone':

turn to stoneTo cause something to become stone.
turn to stoneTo metamorphosise into stone.
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Translation

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obrátit se na kámen

wende dich zu Stein

στροφή προς πέτρα

convertir en piedra

kääntyä kiveen

se transformer en pierre

पत्थर में बदलें

fordulj kőhöz

դիմել քարին

beralih ke batu

trasformarsi in pietra

石を向ける

돌로 돌리다

conversus est lapis

veranderen in steen

obrócić się w kamień

virar pedra

bli till sten

taşa dönüşmek

پتھر پر تبدیل

biến thành đá

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