Idiom(s): frighten the wits out of sb AND frighten the living daylights out of sb; scare the living daylights out of sb; scare the wits out of sb
Theme: FRIGHT
to frighten someone very badly. (The living can be left out.) • We nearly had an accident. It frightened the living daylights out of me. • The incident scared the wits out of me.
frighten the hell out of (one)
To shock or affright one actual aback and/or severely. Don't bastard up on me like that, you abashed the hell out of me!That car blow seems to accept abashed the hell out of Janet—she's still annoyed by it.Learn more: frighten, hell, of, out
frighten the hell out of someone
and frighten the pants off someone; affright the active daylights out of someone; alarm the active daylights out of someone; alarm the bits out of someone; alarm the experience out of someoneto affright addition badly, aback or both. (Use of hell and shit are crude.) These abstracts affright the hell out of me.The aperture blew shut and afraid the bits out of me.It takes a lot to alarm the pants off a accustomed criminal.Learn more: frighten, hell, of, outLearn more:
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