shriek like a banshee
shriek like a banshee
To scream, howl, or screech in a very loud, high-pitched, and unsettling manner. Some animal has been shrieking like a banshee in the alleyway all night long. Kids, stop shrieking like a banshees back there! I need to focus on driving and I can barely hear myself think!
See also: banshee, like, shriek
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- scream like a banshee
- wail like a banshee
- wail like a banshee, to
- howl like a banshee
- banshee
- cry like a banshee
- one's ears are ringing
- (one's) ears are ringing
- piercing scream
- scream the place down