scare to death



scare you to death

(spoken)
to make you feel extremely frightened scare the hell out of you David suddenly appeared like a ghost in the doorway and scared me to death.
Related vocabulary: scare the pants off you
See also: death, scare

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ayo-Western African, Yoruba
Vijay-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi
Hortensia[hɔ:'tensiə]
Katrinekaht-REE-ne (Danish)Danish, Norwegian
EutÍMio-Portuguese
Masood-Arabic, Persian