stopping traffic
Blocking the road
Stopping traffic describes someone so strikingly attractive that passersby would halt to stare: She walked in looking like she could stop traffic.
The phrase emphasizes head-turning beauty or style.
Occasionally used literally for obstructions that bring vehicles to a standstill, but the figurative sense dominates casual speech.
- red lightTraffic control meaning halt
- roadblockObstruction across a road
- protest marchGroup walk expressing opposition
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- accident sceneLocation of a mishap
toll booth · construction zone · landslide · barricade · road closure · police checkpoint · flash mob · public demonstration · emergency response · funeral procession · floodwater · fireworks display · natural disaster · head-turner · turning heads · street performance · pedestrian crossing · speed bump
stopping trafficblending in
Avoiding notice by conforming
plain · forgettable · unremarkable · homely · invisible
stop, stops, stopped, stopper, stoppers, stoppage, stoppages, unstoppable, nonstop