Scare the Pants off Someone 嚇得魂飛魄散

** to scare or startle someone thoroughly; to scare extremely; frighten someone suddenly and badly; badly shaken by an experience

~~嚇得魂飛魄散；把某人嚇得要命；把某人嚇得半死；嚇死某人了；使人嚇得呆若木雞；把某人嚇得手足無措；把某人嚇得屁滾尿流；嚇傻了

~~ scare the pants of someone; scare stiff; scare silly; scare someone to death; chill someone to the bone; frighten out one’s wits; scare the living daylights out of someone; make someone jump out of their skin; make someone's blood run cold; make someone's hair stand on end; make someone's hair curl .

!! This hyperbolic phrase “the pants off” is used to intensify the meaning of verbs such as scare, bore, beat, or talk. Playwright Eugene O'Neill used it in Ah, Wilderness! (1933): “I tell you, you scared the pants off him,” Other examples are such as: History bores the pants off me. Tom always beats the pants off me in table tennis.

這個誇張片語“the pants off”是用來強化動詞的意思，例如 scare、bore、beat 或 talk。劇作家Eugene O'Neill 在《啊，荒野！》中使用了它，(1933)：“我告訴你，你嚇壞了他。”其他例子如：歷史讓我感到極度無聊。湯姆在乒乓球比賽中總是把我打得魂飛魄散。

>> The attempted assassination with a bullet shot must have scared the pants off the presidential candidate Donald J. Trump.

以子彈暗殺未遂，肯定把總統候選人唐納德 · 特朗普嚇得魂飛魄散。

>> The robber holding a gun and a hatchet against the woman must have scared the pants off her.

強盜拿着槍和斧頭對着那個女人，肯定把她嚇得魂飛魄散。

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