scare (one) stiff
scare (one) stiff
To shock or frighten someone very suddenly or severely. Don't sneak up on me like that, you scared me stiff! That car accident seems to have scared Janet stiff—she's still shaken by it.
See also: scare, stiff
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
scare someone stiff
Fig. to frighten someone severely. (Stiff = dead.) That loud noise scared me stiff. The robber jumped out and scared us stiff.
See also: scare, stiff
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- scare stiff
- scare (one) witless
- scare someone witless
- scare out of one's wits
- scare (one) out of (one's) wits
- scare the wits out of (one)
- scare, annoy, etc. the hell out of somebody
- You scared the hell out of me
- scare the hell out of (one)
- annoy