scare the daylights out of someone

成語所屬單字scare

scare the daylights out of someone — 慣用語

1. to frighten someone very suddenly and intensely

1.慣用語
釋義

嚇得魂飛魄散

to frighten someone very suddenly and intensely

例句

The cat jumped off the shelf in the dark kitchen and scared the daylights out of Hamza.

A loud knock on the door at midnight scared the daylights out of the whole family.