Translation/Meaning of "be understandably taken aback by crudeness of sb" — Japanese-English & English-Japanese Translation Dictionary

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be understandably taken aback by crudeness of sb: （人の）口からこんな下品な言葉を聞かされて、腰を抜かさんばかりに驚くアーヴィング著岸本佐知子訳『サーカスの息子』(A Son of the Circus ) p. 148