The owl's hooting scared him out of his wits.
The child was scared stiff in the dentist's chair.
Pete's ghost story scared the daylights out of the smaller boys.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
scare\ out\ of\ one's\ wits — • scare out of one s wits • scare stiff • scare the daylights out of v. phr. informal To frighten very much. The owl s hooting scared him out of his wits. The child was scared stiff in the dentist s chair. Pete s ghost story scared the daylights… … Словарь американских идиом
scare\ the\ daylights\ out\ of — • scare out of one s wits • scare stiff • scare the daylights out of v. phr. informal To frighten very much. The owl s hooting scared him out of his wits. The child was scared stiff in the dentist s chair. Pete s ghost story scared the daylights… … Словарь американских идиом
scare — [n] frightened state alarm, alert, fright, panic, shock, start, terror; concepts 230,410 Ant. calmness, comfort, ease scare [v] frighten someone affright, alarm, awe, chill, daunt, dismay, freeze, give a fright, give a turn*, intimidate, panic,… … New thesaurus
scare — 1. verb stop it, you re scaring me Syn: frighten, startle, alarm, terrify, petrify, intimidate, terrorize, make afraid, make fearful, fill with fear, give someone a fright, panic, throw into a panic, shock, unnerve, cow; strike terror into, put … Thesaurus of popular words
scare out of one's wits — or[scare stiff] or[scare the daylights out of] {v. phr.}, {informal} To frighten very much. * /The owl s hooting scared him out of his wits./ * /The child was scared stiff in the dentist s chair./ * /Pete s ghost story scared the daylights out of … Dictionary of American idioms
scare out of one's wits — or[scare stiff] or[scare the daylights out of] {v. phr.}, {informal} To frighten very much. * /The owl s hooting scared him out of his wits./ * /The child was scared stiff in the dentist s chair./ * /Pete s ghost story scared the daylights out of … Dictionary of American idioms
stiff — See: KEEP A STIFF UPPER LIP, SCARE OUT OF ONE S WITS or SCARE STIFF … Dictionary of American idioms
stiff — See: KEEP A STIFF UPPER LIP, SCARE OUT OF ONE S WITS or SCARE STIFF … Dictionary of American idioms
stiff — See: keep a stiff upper lip, scare out of one s wits or scare stiff … Словарь американских идиом
scare — v 1. frighten, fright, affright, Archaic. affray, alarm, startle, shock; terrify, daunt, strike terror into, terrorize, appall, horrify, dismay; put the fear of God into, intimidate, awe, Sl. psych out, cow, threaten, menace; Sl. scare the… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
