be struck
Examples
A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.
Certain women should be struck regularly, like gongs.
If one looks at the different problems of the integral calculus which arise naturally when one wishes to go deep into the different parts of physics, it is impossible not to be struck by the analogies existing.
He that pryeth into the clouds, may be struck with a thunderbolt.
He that pries into the clouds may be struck with a thunderbolt.
A man should not be struck when he is down.