jump out of one's skin

Be extremely startled or frightened. For example, When he crept up on me so quietly, I nearly jumped out of my skin. [Early 1900s]

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kornelija	-	Croatian, Serbian
Somsak	-	Thai
Greta	['gretə]
Batbayar	-	Mongolian
Law	-	Medieval English
Viktoria	vik-TO-ree-ah (German), veek-TO-ree-yah (Russian)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian