jump out of one's skin



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]
See also: jump, of, out, skin

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Alicia[ə'liʃiə]
PaulaPOW-lah (German, Finnish, Spanish, Polish, Croatian), PAWL-ə (English), POW-lə (Portuguese), PAW-oo-law (Hungarian)German, English, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish,
Hildr&Aelig;D-Anglo-Saxon
Hamlin['hæmlin]
Ajith-Tamil, Indian, Malayalam
LewLEFPolish