the shock of life

*the shock of one's life

Fig. a serious (emotional) shock. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give one ~.) I opened the telegram and got the shock of my life. I had the shock of my life when I won $5,000.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Phelan	-	Irish
Whitlock	['hwitlɔk]
Aamu	AH:-moo	Finnish
Seymour	SEE-mawr	English
Eliou	-	Biblical Greek
Orlagh	-	Irish