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scared stiff (not comparable)

  1. (literally) scared to the point of being unable to move, or (figuratively) very scared. [from 1890s]
    He was scared stiff, like a deer in the headlights, by the vampire walking toward him.
    • 1895, “Wicke v Albany Railway”, in New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs.[1]:
      I was scared stiff when I saw the car coming; it came like lightning;

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