Idiom
scared shitless
Vulgar
Meaning
Very frightened, terrified, scared witless.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I was scared shitless during the horror movie.”
“When the engine started making strange noises mid-flight, the passengers were absolutely scared shitless.”
“As the storm intensified and the small boat began to take on water, the crew members were scared shitless, fearing that their final hour had arrived.”
Examples
simple
“I was scared shitless during the horror movie.”
contextual
“When the engine started making strange noises mid-flight, the passengers were absolutely scared shitless.”
complex
“As the storm intensified and the small boat began to take on water, the crew members were scared shitless, fearing that their final hour had arrived.”
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