目めを白しろ黒くろさせる

expression, ichidan verb

be surprised; be bewildered; be flustered; roll one's eyes

Idiomatic expression describing someone so shocked or flustered that their eyes dart around or they look visibly panicked. The literal image is of eyes rolling between white and black, but it is used figuratively for extreme surprise or confusion.

• 突とつ然ぜんの知しらせに、彼かの女じょは目めを白しろ黒くろさせていた。

  She was flabbergasted at the sudden news, her eyes darting around in shock.

• あまりの難なん問もんに、生せい徒とたちは目めを白しろ黒くろさせるばかりだった。

  Faced with such a difficult problem, the students could only stare in bewilderment.