scared stiff
Example Sentences
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“You’re scared stiff, but you stagger through the events as they happen and hope everything’s going to turn out all right,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2023
The decorated soldier said he was fortunate that his division had "a lot of veterans" since he was, as he described himself, a "rookie scared stiff" when they stormed Normandy.
From Fox News • Jun. 6, 2019
That Leicester would be so intimidated by the reputation of City's attacking flair they would be scared stiff?
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2016
“I was scared stiff that I was mad, that the reason I was getting away with it was that I was an artist, so people never knew I was totally bonkers.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2016
“You know. Billy Koontz, and Granny, and Bruno Martinez. They were all scared stiff, those cops. You would of got a chuckle out of it.”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
