scare hell out of

What followed was his “scare hell out of the American people” speech, so named by Arthur Vandenberg, a Republican senator from Michigan and one of Truman’s intimates.

“Scare hell out of them, that's what, scare the living daylights out!”

My purpose was not to "scare hell out of the customers," as you suggest.

It's narrow, and there's a big rock in the middle, and it will scare hell out of you.

"They're never going to be able to challenge the U.S. or the Soviets in a nuclear shoot-out," says one, "but within a few years they're going to have enough on the shelf�and sufficient means to deliver it�to scare hell out of a lot of neighbors."