Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

frighten (someone) out of his or her wits
- to frighten someone severely
The little boy was frightened out of his wits by the big dog.
frighten (someone) to death
- to frighten someone severely
I almost frightened the woman to death when I met her on the dark stairs.
frighten the living daylights out of (someone)
- to frighten someone very badly
The horror movie frightened the living daylights out of the young girl.
fritter (something) away
- to waste something little by little
The man frittered away all of the money that he had won in the contest.
from Idioms
from A to Z
- everything about something
The man knows about cars from A to Z.
from cradle to grave
- from birth to death
The government looks after its citizens with good medical care from cradle to grave.
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