| 单词 | to scare a person blue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto scare (also bore, frighten, etc.) a person blue P10. colloquial (chiefly North American). In phrases referring to an emotion or state of mind experienced profoundly or to an excessive degree, as to scare (also bore, frighten, etc.) a person blue. ΚΠ 1902 Youth Sept. 265 Only, I suppose, 'twould scare a girl blue. 1916 S. Leacock Further Foolishness 194 He bored me blue with long accounts of his visit to Servia. 1922 Crisis Nov. 18/1 I grant Bundy every legitimate excuse: he was in jail. He was scared blue. 1939 J. Grenfell Let. 23 Apr. in Darling Ma (1989) 112 They had found the show disappointing and nothing had gone right on the stage. I was scared blue. 1943 E. Queen There was Old Woman vi. 63 To tell the truth, Mac, I was frightened blue. 1977 P. H. Capstick Death in Long Grass 91 I am very democratic, being scared blue of anything that bites. 2012 D. Campbell Little Girl Gone 265 By now she's probably scared blue, calling the police and all. < as lemmas |
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