2006-07-25 07:12:59 · 32 answers · asked by woofys 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
The term refers to people who hav been frightened so badly that they slipped into a state of shock and died.
It comes from a film of the same name..." Scared to Death" made in 1947 which was a horror movie starring Bela Lugosi, shot in Cinecolor. The film is notable for its narration by a dead woman - she describes the events leading up to her death.
nowadays the term is used loosely to signify a state of great fear or panic.
2006-07-25 07:14:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Scare to death means you've achieved the ultimate state of being scared. It means you could not be more frightened at that moment. You feel so scared that you feel your heart may stop beating and you will stop breathing.... you are scared to death.
2006-07-25 07:23:37 · answer #2 · answered by Flyleaf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people can get a heart attack when scared. And really die.
Hence, the sentence 'scared to death' came in existence.
2006-07-25 07:15:50 · answer #3 · answered by · 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a figure of speech, describing a generally unlikely scare that caused you to die. It exaggerates in order to tell people how scared you were.
What language do you speek, I can translate this using a website.
2006-07-25 07:16:56 · answer #4 · answered by BigPappa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you think you're going to die... BUT YOU DON'T.
EX.: The guy is so ugly he scared me to death.
I had a car accident last year I was scared to death.
My dog scared me to death last night I thought someone was in the house...
2006-07-25 07:22:36 · answer #5 · answered by GoodyGirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To get so scared that you actually die.
It is usually due to a heart attack, people have died this way.
I was scared to the point of death.--was the original saying.
2006-07-25 07:15:21 · answer #6 · answered by Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
where the heart beating is almost stopped
thats why the called"scared to death
2006-07-25 07:16:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
previous human beings die thats a actuality of existence yet its their body that die their soul will stay continuously so dont be scared nor too disappointed.Take those desires as signal to imagine about existence and absence of existence and for some previous human beings to reuinite with their family individuals that went beforehand them purely isn't so unhappy.So in case your grandma acccpets lack of existence as area of existence attempt to persist which includes her in this kind of wondering you could study something from all of it.
2016-10-15 04:54:22 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It refers to when you are scared so bad that you crap your pants and it smells like death warmed over.
2006-07-25 07:55:30 · answer #9 · answered by tailgunner 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fear so intense it takes your breath away or you are so frightened you are at the edge of deaths door and could easily go into shock/cardiac arrest.
2006-07-25 07:16:22 · answer #10 · answered by Peace2All 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋