be so frightened that one 's galls burst

be so frightened that one 's galls burst

Panic, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ī NJ ī NGD ǎ NLI è, which means extreme panic. From the 79th chapter of Water Margin by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

The seventy ninth chapter of Water Margin written by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty: "the vanguard will be terrified, and the rear soldiers will be terrified."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: frightened, frightened, frightened

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate and attributive to describe people's extreme fear and panic