to go shit yourself
- phrasal verb
- Offensive
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cagarse de miedo
- I'm telling you, if you're not careful, you'll go shit yourself watching that horror movie alone.
Examples
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Don't go shit yourself over a little spider!
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If you see that movie, you might go shit yourself!
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He was so startled by the loud bang that he almost go shit yourself.
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When the lights went out suddenly, I nearly go shit yourself from shock.
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When the roller coaster dropped unexpectedly, I thought I might go shit yourself from fear.
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The sudden loud noise made everyone go shit yourself in the audience.
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If you keep watching that scary video, you're going to go shit yourself!
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
To suddenly become very shocked or frightened
To be so frightened that you almost wet yourself
To accidentally dirty your clothes with waste from your body because of fear, shock, or strong excitement
Poop in your clothes by accident because you are very scared or shocked
To accidentally pee or poo in your clothes because you are very scared
To accidentally pee in your clothes from fear, laughter, or embarrassment
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Although 'go' = 'become' is transparent, the meaning 'become extremely frightened' depends on the idiomatic reflexive phrase 'shit oneself' (to be terrified), which is not directly derivable from the literal senses of 'shit' + 'yourself'. However, the bodily-fear metaphor underlying the phrase is common across many languages (e.g., Spanish 'cagarse de miedo'), so learners can sometimes infer the sense from analogy, making it only partially predictable.
Etymology
Go shit yourself comes from a blunt image: someone getting so frightened they lose control and literally shit themselves. So the phrase is used to mean 'become extremely frightened or anxious'.