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Phrase(s): frightened to death [and] scared to death
1. Lit. frightened to the point of dying. • This poor animal has been frightened to death by the attacking dogs. 2. Fig. frightened or anxious. • I don’t want to go to the dentist today. I’m frightened to death. • I’m frightened to death of spiders.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs