scare the pants off someone

tv. to frighten someone suddenly. The piano lid fell and scared the pants off my parents.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rhona	-	Scottish
Jeanette	zha-NET (French), jə-NET (English), shah-NET (Swedish)	French, English, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch
Stafford	['stæfəd]
Luzia	-	Portuguese, German
PaĈJo	PAH-chyo	Esperanto
Roxie	RAHK-see	English