scare the (living) daylights out of (someone)

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To shock or frighten someone very suddenly and/or severely. Don't sneak up on me like that; you scared the living daylights out of me!

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Acketts	['ækits]
Franny	FRAN-ee	English
Sondra	SAWN-drə	English
Marika	MAH-ree-kah (Finnish)	Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, Greek, Finnish, Estonian
Wilheard	-	Anglo-Saxon
Thea	[θiə]