Scare the daylights out of

Scare the daylights out of
frighten deeply, scare very much

English contemporary dictionary. 2014.

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  • 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 the daylights out of someone — If you scare the daylights out of someone, you terrify them. (This can be made even stronger by saying the living daylights .) …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • scare the daylights out of someone —    If you scare the daylights out of someone, you terrify them. (This can be made even stronger by saying the living daylights .)   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • scare the daylights out of —    If something scares the (living) daylights out of you, it terrifies you.     The sudden screaming scared the daylights out of me …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • scare the daylights out of smb — frighten very much Falling off her bicycle scared the daylights out of her …   Idioms and examples

  • scare the daylights out of — frighten/scare the (living) daylights out of (someone) to frighten someone very much. Don t come up behind me like that. You scared the living daylights out of me! …   New idioms dictionary

  • scare the daylights out of someone — frighten/scare the (living) daylights out of (someone) to frighten someone very much. Don t come up behind me like that. You scared the living daylights out of me! …   New idioms dictionary

  • frighten the daylights out of — frighten/scare the (living) daylights out of (someone) to frighten someone very much. Don t come up behind me like that. You scared the living daylights out of me! …   New idioms dictionary

  • frighten the daylights out of someone — frighten/scare the (living) daylights out of (someone) to frighten someone very much. Don t come up behind me like that. You scared the living daylights out of me! …   New idioms dictionary

  • scare the (living) daylights out of someone — scare/frighten/the (living) daylights out of someone phrase to make someone suddenly feel very frightened Thesaurus: to make someone afraid or frightenedsynonym Main entry: daylights …   Useful english dictionary

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