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
Jem	JEM	English
Jovita	ho-VEE-tah (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Chike	-	Western African, Igbo
Amadi (2)	-	Western African, Yoruba
August	['ɔ:gəst]
Yaromil	-	Medieval Slavic (Hypothetical)