释义 |
frighten the life out ofTerrify: what do you mean by frightening the life out of me?...- So it was that in 1394 the young king landed at Waterford and, like others in later times, decided that he would adopt a strategy of ‘shock and awe’ that would frighten the life out of the Irish.
- He said: ‘It frightens the life out of you, something like this.’
- Say we didn't pick up on something and there was an accident, we would be the ones liable and that frightens the life out of me.
See parent entry: life |