- scare the life out of
- frighten/scare the life out of (someone)
to make someone feel very frightened.
She frightened the life out of me, shouting like that.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
scare the life out of
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scare the life out of someone — frighten/scare the life out of (someone) to make someone feel very frightened. She frightened the life out of me, shouting like that … New idioms dictionary
scare the life out of somebody — frighten/scare the ˈlife out of sb idiom to frighten sb very much • You scared the life out of me coming in so suddenly like that. Main entry: ↑lifeidiom … Useful english dictionary
scare the life out of me — frighten me a lot, scare me badly, scared out of my wits My son jumped out of the closet and shouted boo! He nearly scared the life out of me … English idioms
frighten/scare the life out of — informal : to frighten (someone) very badly You (nearly) scared the life out of me when you startled me like that! • • • Main Entry: ↑life … Useful english dictionary
frighten the life out of — frighten/scare the life out of (someone) to make someone feel very frightened. She frightened the life out of me, shouting like that … New idioms dictionary
frighten the life out of someone — frighten/scare the life out of (someone) to make someone feel very frightened. She frightened the life out of me, shouting like that … New idioms dictionary
frighten the life out of somebody — frighten/scare the ˈlife out of sb idiom to frighten sb very much • You scared the life out of me coming in so suddenly like that. Main entry: ↑lifeidiom … Useful english dictionary
life — W1S1 [laıf] n plural lives [laıvz] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(time somebody is alive)¦ 2¦(state of being alive)¦ 3¦(way somebody lives)¦ 4¦(particular situation/job)¦ 5 social/personal/sex etc life 6¦(human existence)¦ 7¦(time when something exists/works)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
scare — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ major, nasty, terrible ▪ a major health scare ▪ food, health ▪ AIDS … Collocations dictionary
scare — scare1 [ sker ] verb * transitive to make someone feel frightened or worried: I m sorry, I didn t mean to scare you. scare the life/daylights out of someone (=scare someone very much): What are you doing in there? You scared the life out of me.… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
