I don't want to go to the dentist today. I'm frightened to death.I'm frightened to death of dogs.She’s scared to death shell fail algebra.
Idiom
scared to death
extremely frightened.
My dog is scared to death of thunder and firecrackers.
scared to death
Very severely frightened or worried. Hyperbolically alludes to having been frightened so badly as to have died from it. I was scared to death when I thought I heard footsteps on the staircase when no one else was home.We were scared to death when we woke up to the sound of the howler monkeys. We had no idea what it was coming from.I'm scared to death that the tests are going to come back positive.