Phrases with the subject Fear

7 phrases found for the topic Fear

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Phrase: Something gives you the creeps

Meaning: If something gives you the creeps, it makes you feel nervous.

Examples:
Reptiles give me the creeps. so I won't touch that lizard.
Cemeteries give me the creeps, so I won't go there tonight.

Date: 24-03-2018

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Phrase: My heart skipped a beat

Meaning: You feel excited, nervous, afraid, surprised:
Her heart skipped a beat when they told her that her father had had a car accident.
My heart skipped a beat when I saw her at the party and she came to greet me. She was beautiful in that blue dress.

Date: 21-09-2017

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Phrase: Frighten / Scare someone out of his wits (or frighten / scare the wits out of someone)

Meaning: Frighten someone very much: The sound of the explosion scared the wits out of me, because I thought we were being bombed

Date: 14-05-2015

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Phrase: Frighten/Scare the life out of someone

Meaning: Scare someone very much: Several police officers armed to the teeth frightened the life out of my daughter when they entered our house violently.

Date: 14-05-2015

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Phrase: Shit yourself about something

Meaning: Be scared about something: I'm shitting myself about going there next week. It's a very dangerous place

Date: 05-03-2015

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Phrase: Be frightened to death

Meaning: Be terrified: I was frightened to death when I saw the lion out of its cage

Date: 25-02-2015

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Phrase: Be scared/afraid of your own shadow

Meaning: Coward, timid, shy: That dog won't bite you. Don't you see it's afraid of its own shadow?

Date: 24-02-2015

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