be seized with panic 惊慌失措

“惊慌失措”，汉语成语，指害怕、慌张，吓得举止失去常态，不知如何是好。可以翻译为“be seized with panic，be panic-stricken或be like a rabbit caught in the headlights”。

例句：

惊慌失措的旅行者逃往边境。

Panic-stricken travelers fled for the borders.

她是一个理智的女孩，没有惊慌失措。

She was a sensible girl and did not panic.