"scare one out of your wits" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 把某人嚇得魂不附體
• 把某人嚇壞了

Definition

非常強烈地嚇到某人，讓他們幾乎失去控制或極度震驚。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是非正式說法，表示極度的害怕，比一般“嚇到”更強烈。說故事時常用，常見於過去式。

Examples

The loud noise scared me out of my wits.

巨大的噪音**把我嚇得魂不附體**。

The horror movie scared him out of his wits.

恐怖電影**把他嚇得魂不附體**。

That snake almost scared her out of her wits.

那條蛇差點**把她嚇得魂不附體**。

That haunted house scared me out of my wits last night!

昨晚那間鬼屋**把我嚇壞了**！

My brother jumped out to prank me and scared me out of my wits.

我哥哥跳出來惡作劇，**把我嚇得魂不附體**。

I nearly spilled my coffee because that car horn scared me out of my wits.

我差點把咖啡灑了，因為那輛車的喇叭**把我嚇壞了**。