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scare the (living) daylights out of (someone)
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scare the (living) daylights out of (someone)
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!
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Athanasi | | - | Medieval Slavic |
| Yehoshua | | - | Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew |
| EmÍLia | | - | Portuguese, Slovak, Hungarian |
| Leilani | | lay-LAH-nee | Hawaiian |
| Egill | | - | Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic |
| Yasmin | | YAZ-min (English) | Persian, Arabic, English (Modern) |