McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2002.
Variantes
to scare one out of one's wits
Contexto
Oh! That loud noise scared me out of my wits. I'll give him a good scolding and frighten himwits. Oh, you frightened me out of a year's growth! You frightened Bob out of his mind.