· «The women came out and ran away from the tomb because they were
frightened out of their wits; and they said nothing to a soul, for they were afraid» (Mk 16, 8).
John Marriott boasted to his jailers, the executioner and anyone else who would listen that before the first attempted execution he was
frightened out of his wits.
For spectators hoping to be
frightened out of their wits, this is surely a flaw.
Some moviegoers absolutely love to be scared,
frightened out of their wits.
Not exact matches
Instead, it comfortably covered the middle ground, never too benign to be boring and never too hairy to
frighten the
wits out of you.