出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第98页（252字）
形容人受惊过度，例装神弄鬼只是这次晚会的余兴节目，想不到有的来宾竟被吓得魂不附体，真是让人啼笑皆非。
Dressed up as fairies and ghosts was part of the entertainment at the party，but they were so real that some of the guests were scarcd out of their wits