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scared shitless

(rude)

extremely frightened I was scared shitless when I first moved out here, but things still worked out fine in the end.

See also: scare, shitless

be scared shitless

  (British, American & Australian taboo) also be scared shit (American taboo)

to be very frightened I was woken by the sound of someone moving around downstairs - I was scared shitless!

See run scared

See also: scare, shitless

scared shitless

mod. very frightened. (Potentially offensive. Use caution with shit.) He wasn’t just frightened. He was scared shitless!

See also: scare, shitless