Meaning:
Frighten someone severely
Examples:
- That horror movie scared the living daylights out of me!
- I'm going to sneak up behind my brother and scare the living daylights out of him.
- The sound of thunder always scares the living daylights out of my dog.
- When the car suddenly swerved, it scared the living daylights out of the passengers.
- My roommate thought it would be funny to hide in the closet and scare the living daylights out of me.
- That rollercoaster ride really scared the living daylights out of me.
- The creepy old house down the street always manages to scare the living daylights out of me.
- I accidentally scared the living daylights out of my mom when I snuck up behind her in the kitchen.
- The sudden loud noise in the middle of the night scared the living daylights out of me.
- The haunted house attraction was designed to scare the living daylights out of visitors.
- The thought of failing my exam scared the living daylights out of me.
- I was so scared when I heard someone trying to break into my house that it scared the living daylights out of me.
- When the doctor told me I had a serious illness, it scared the living daylights out of me.
- The scary story my friend told around the campfire scared the living daylights out of us.
- I'm going to put on a scary mask and try to scare the living daylights out of my friends at the Halloween party.
- The loud explosion from the fireworks display scared the living daylights out of my cat.
- The thought of public speaking used to scare the living daylights out of me, but I've gotten better at it.
- I accidentally scared the living daylights out of my coworker when I tapped her on the shoulder.
- The prankster thought it would be funny to hide in the bushes and scare the living daylights out of joggers.
- The creaking floorboards in the old house always manage to scare the living daylights out of me.