Emotions & feelings
jump out of your skin
be extremely startled
To receive such a sudden fright that you react very strongly.
Hear it in real life
Why did you scream?
The cat jumped onto the table and made me jump out of my skin.
I nearly jumped out of my skin when the alarm went off.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The noise made me jump from my skin.
Say: The noise made me jump out of my skin.
The idiom uses the preposition "out of," not "from."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
nearly jump out of your skin; make someone jump out of their skin
Your turn: say it out loud
I nearly jumped out of my skin when the alarm went off.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
jump out of your skin
be extremely startled
“I nearly jumped out of my skin when the alarm went off.”
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