Here are a few English expressions or idioms in honor of Halloween.
A JINX: someone that brings bad luck or a spell.  LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL: very fast SOMETHING/ SOMEBODY SENDS SHIVERS DOWN MY SPINE: feel frightened by something or someone. THE WITCHING HOUR: midnight or any time of day when something bad is likely to occur. TO BE (AS) PALE AS A GHOST / PALE AS DEATH: very pale or white in the face. TO BE SCARED STIFF : very frightened so that one is unable to move. TO BE SCARED WITLESS: very frightened so that one becomes senseless. TO FREAK OUT : become scared, excited or disturbed, or very angry or upset. TO GIVE SOMEONE THE CREEPS: make one feel frightened or nervous. TO HAVE A SKELETON IN THE CLOSET : something that might bring shame or embarrassment to a family or person if other people knew about it. TO JINX SOMETHING: bring bad luck.  TO LOOK AS IF ONE HAS JUST SEEN A GHOST: look frightened or upset TO MAKE ONE’S HAIR STAND ON END: cause one to be frightened TO SCARE THE PANTS OFF SOMEONE / TO SCARE THE BEJESUS OUT OF SOMEONE : to frighten someone a great deal. TO SHAKE LIKE A LEAF: be very scared and trembling. TO SPOOKE SOMEONE : to startle or disorient someone. TO STAB SOMEONE IN THE BACK: to betray somebody.. TO WEIRD SOMEONE OUT: make somebody feel very uncomfortable or uneasy. |
Now try the following exercise! Complete the sentences with an idiomatic
expression, or a part of it, from the list above.
1. John came into the office,
as pale as __________ after being mugged in the street.
2. Please change the channel.
The Walking Dead always _________ me out.
3. The kids freaked
__________ when we open the door wearing masks and costumes.
4. I was scared
___________ when I saw a shadow at my window.
5. John has a few
______________ in the _____________. He has accumulated tons of fines and
tickets for bad driving and he lost his license last year.
6. We used to be best friends,
but she _________________ by telling lies about me to everyone.
7. Last night my friends were
telling urban legends that made my hair ________________.
8. A bat came in through the
window and ___________ my little brother, and he started screaming.
9. Halloween movies scare the
____________ off me.
10.
Suspense movies send ____________________. After watching one, I have
nightmares all night.
11.
When she saw a rat in the garden, little Tommy let out a
____________________.
12.
A guy in the store kept looking at me as I was buying groceries. He was really giving me ____________________.
13.
When we heard a noise coming from the basement we ran from the house
_____________ out of hell.
14.
You scared __________________ out of me with your plastic spiders.
I thought they were real!
15.
Is everything okay? You look as if ______________.
16.
I was __________________ witless when the light in the old house
turned on and off by itself.
17.
I need to go to bed. It’s past the _____________.
18.
When I was a kid I was terrified to cross the yard alone. Nowadays I do
it but I still shake ___________________.
19.
Your vampire mask is really ______________
20.
I thought our team was going to win but I didn't say so because I didn't
want to _____________ it.
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