To be at a loss as to what to do; flustered and uncertain.
措安放。手脚不知放到哪儿好。形容举动慌张，或无法应付。
《论语·子路》刑罚不中，则民无所措手足。”
When the teacher asked him a question he hadn't prepared for, he was at a loss, his hands and feet having no place.
Learn the next connected idiom: 手足无措 (shǒu zú wú cuò) → 措手不及 (cuò shǒu bù jí)
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