frighten the life out of

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to frighten sb very much

   I'll let out a scream that will frighten the life out of it.

In the movies · 4

• I'll let out a scream that will frighten the life out of it.The Uninvited1944
• - You frightened the life out of him. - Here, Christy.My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown1989
• Don't yell at me like that again. You scared the life out of me.Broadcast News1987

Learn it in full scenes

• The Uninvited1944
  • Pamela Falls for the Old House
  • The Fitzgeralds Try to Buy Windward
  • The Fitzgeralds Buy a Haunted House

From the same entry

• be life
• bring to life
• come to life
• for dear life
• for the life of you
• full of beans
• get a life
• lay down your life
• lead the life of Riley
• life after death
• the life and soul of the party
• life is cheap

More idioms

• have no time for
• keep your nose out of
• so to speak
• lose your way
• in day
• at first glance
• wing it
• below the radar
• get a foot in the door
• step into shoes
• waste your breath
• at sea