"scared to death" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 嚇得要死
• 嚇死了

Definition

極度害怕；害怕到幾乎無法忍受的程度。常用來表達非常強烈的恐懼感，無論是真實還是誇張的情境。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

非正式且強調的表達方式，常用來誇張地描述恐懼（有時帶點幽默）。和“嚇死了”類似。不是字面意思，只是表示非常害怕。

Examples

I'm scared to death of spiders.

我對蜘蛛**嚇得要死**。

She was scared to death during the thunderstorm.

她在雷雨時**嚇得要死**。

He looked scared to death before his speech.

他演講前看起來**嚇得要死**。

I was scared to death when I heard a noise in the dark.

我在黑暗中聽到聲音時**嚇死了**。

My little brother gets scared to death watching horror movies.

我弟弟看恐怖片時會**嚇得要死**。

Were you scared to death during the roller coaster ride?

你坐過山車時**嚇得要死**了嗎？