be frightened out of one 's wits
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p ò s à NH ú NF ē I, describes fear. It comes from the third fold of a hundred flowers Pavilion by Wu Mingshi of Yuan Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
In Yuan Dynasty, the third fold of Wu Mingshi's hundred flowers Pavilion: "but it's just the ship's late arrival at the bottom of the river, which only drives me away."
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym]: spirited [antonym]: calm
Idiom usage
The girl student stopped to look at him when she met him, which made him even more frightened. The 40th chapter of Li Baojia's a brief history of civilization in Qing Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : pò sàn hún fēi
be frightened out of one 's wits
the sea of hatred is hard to fill up. hèn hǎi nán tián
Urgent and critical inspection. jí jí kē chá
woman 's light and heavy make-up. dàn zhuāng nóng mǒ
strict and fair in meting out rewards and punishments. shǎng fá yán míng
fill one 's mind with a myriad of thoughts and ideas. sī xù wàn qiān