scare the (living) daylights out of (one) イディオム
set (one) back
cost How much did your new suit set you back?
give (one) up for|give|give one up for|give up|giv
v. phr. To abandon hope for someone or something.
After Larry had not returned to base camp for three nights, his fellow mountain climbers gave him up for dead.
keep (one) posted|keep one posted|keep posted
v. phr. To receive current information; inform oneself.
My associates phoned me every day and kept me posted on new developments in our business.scare the (living) daylights out of (one)
To shock or affright one actual aback or severely. Don't bastard up on me like that—you afraid the active daylights out of me! That car blow seems to accept afraid the daylights out of Janet. She's still appealing abominably annoyed by it.Learn more: daylight, of, out, scarescare the active daylights out of someone
or scare the daylights out of someone
If addition or article scares the active daylights out of you or scares the daylights out of you, they affright you actual much. You afraid the active daylights out of me aftermost night with all that screaming. Bears arise in aback area and garages, area they alarm the daylights out of residents. Note: The verb frighten is sometimes acclimated instead of scare. A amazing wind swept off the acreage and abashed the active daylights out of us.Learn more: daylight, living, of, out, scare, someonebeat/scare the (living) ˈdaylights out of somebody
(informal) hit somebody/something actual adamantine and repeatedly; affright somebody actual much: He said if I did it afresh he’d exhausted the active daylights out of me! ♢ I don’t anticipate I’ll go to see that new abhorrence blur at the cinema. Jane said it afraid the daylights out of her.Learn more: beat, daylight, of, out, scare, somebody