to go shit oneself
- phrasal verb
- /ɡoʊ ʃɪt wʌnˈsɛlf/
- Offensive
:
cagarse de miedo
- I almost went shit myself when I saw the snake!
Examples
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When the fireworks exploded right behind him, he practically went shit himself.
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When the roller coaster dropped, he went shit himself.
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I nearly went shit myself when I got that unexpected phone call.
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She would go shit herself if she saw her childhood idol walking into the room.
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I nearly went shit myself when I saw the spider suddenly appear on my desk.
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She would go shit herself if she found out she won the lottery unexpectedly.
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When the thunder crashed right above us, I almost went shit myself in fear.
Synonyms
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9.9
To be very scared or surprised in a rude, informal way
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9.9
To feel very frightened or surprised and often accidentally poop yourself
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9.9
To wet your clothes when you laugh a lot or feel very afraid
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9.9
To feel very scared and almost lose control of your body
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9.9
To accidentally pass solid waste into your underwear because of fear or sickness
Poop in your clothes by accident because you are very scared or shocked
To accidentally dirty your clothes with waste from your body because of fear, shock, or strong excitement
To become very scared
To be so frightened that you almost wet yourself
To accidentally pee or poo in your clothes because you are very scared
To accidentally pee in your clothes from fear, laughter, or embarrassment
To accidentally wet your clothes because you feel very scared, very excited, or laugh too hard
Antonyms
How Scared
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2.3
- Offensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The literal pieces ('go' = enter a state, 'shit' = defecate, 'oneself' = reflexive) signal a bodily loss of control, so a learner could infer a physiological reaction. However, using this construction to mean 'be extremely frightened or startled' is a vulgar, metaphorical extension rather than a straightforward compositional meaning, so the exact idiomatic sense is not fully predictable without exposure.
Etymology
Go shit oneself comes from a very strong image of a person so frightened that they actually shit themselves and make a mess. That's why the phrase is used to mean 'to be extremely shocked or startled', as if someone has lost control.