scream like a banshee

scream like a banshee

To scream, howl, or screech in a very loud, high-pitched, and unsettling manner. Some animal has been screaming like a banshee in the alleyway all night long. Kids, stop screaming like a banshees back there! I need to focus on driving and I can barely hear myself think!
See also: banshee, like, scream
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • shriek 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
  • scream the place down
  • piercing scream
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There are so many more - we will always sit down together and eat as a family; I will never feed my child chocolate before the age of 10; I will never scream like a banshee, etc, etc.
Your Life daily: I will never be like THAT mummy; Form Dawn Till Rusk