scare somebody to death
frighten somebody to death

"If I hadn't that crazy old man might have frightened you to death."

I noticed her particularly because she seemed to look guilty, and frightened to death.

He was new in his job, and frightened to death.

They were said to have frightened many people to death that way.

"I was frightened to death for the first three years," he said in a recent conversation.

The thought of learning how to become more assertive and stand up to strong people frightened her to death.

What's worked to this point is that people are frightened to death.

I'd been grinning good evening at people who were frightened to death of me.

The idea of children frightened him to death for some reason.

They frighten me half to death, and, at the same time.