Idiom
scared green
Meaning
Extremely scared; terrified.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The loud thunder scared me green.”
“The sudden noise in the dark hallway scared the poor boy green.”
“As the massive storm clouds gathered above the small boat, the inexperienced sailor was scared green by the sight of the rising waves.”
Examples
simple
“The loud thunder scared me green.”
contextual
“The sudden noise in the dark hallway scared the poor boy green.”
complex
“As the massive storm clouds gathered above the small boat, the inexperienced sailor was scared green by the sight of the rising waves.”
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