be frightened out of one 's wits
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p à s à NH ú NPI à o, which means to describe a person who is in a coma when he is dying. It comes from the popular romance of the eunuch Sanbao.
Idioms and allusions
The seventh chapter of the popular romance of the three treasures eunuch Xi Xi Ji: "hold this nine ring tin rod in both hands, shine on his waist and eye bone, really cut him off, and beat an evil animal into a dazzle and drive his soul away."
Analysis of Idioms
The opposite is calm and self possessed
Idiom usage
To be afraid is to be afraid. The thirty eighth volume of Yu Shi Ming Yan, written by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty: "the people who see it are so scared that they are scattered and scared."
Chinese PinYin : pò sàn hún piāo
be frightened out of one 's wits
an important statement need not be prolix. yào yán bù fán
Better be a chicken than a cow. nìng wéi jī kǒu,wú wéi niú hòu