be frightened out of one 's wits(pò dàng hún fēi)

be frightened out of one 's wits

It is used to describe a state of terror.

Idioms and allusions

It's from the third chapter of the ghost of the Black Book: "up to now, smokers are all over the world. They are scared out of their wits when they hear that the country is going to ban smoking."

Discrimination of words

Pinyin code: pdhf synonym: drive away the soul, drive away the soul, drive away the soul usage: as predicate, attribute, adverbial; refers to fear

Chinese PinYin : pò dàng hún fēi