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
Marcos	['ma:kəus]
TÂNia	-	Portuguese
Careen	kə-REEN	English (Rare)
Joan (2)	joo-AHN (Catalan), zhoo-AHN (Catalan)	Catalan, Occitan
Yori	yo-ṙee	Japanese
Serafeim	-	Greek