scare the life out of someone

成語所屬單字scare

scare the life out of someone — 慣用語

1. to frighten someone extremely, causing a very strong emotional reaction

1.慣用語
釋義

嚇得魂不附體;嚇個半死

to frighten someone extremely, causing a very strong emotional reaction

例句

The way that car suddenly appeared from nowhere scared the life out of Gita.

A spider crawling across Matthew's pillow scared the life out of him.