Scared!

● I am AFRAID OF snakes/flying

● I am SCARED OF snakes/flying (or: snakes/flying SCARE(S) me)

● I am FRIGHTENED OF snakes/flying (or: Snakes/flying FRIGHTEN(S) me)

● I am TERRIFIED OF snakes/flying (or: snakes/flying TERRIFIES me)

● I am PETRIFIED OF snakes/flying (or: snakes/flying PETRIFIES me)

● I have a FEAR OF snakes/flying/heights/babushki

● Horror movies aren't for the FAINT-HEARTED (people who easily get scared)

● I like to MAKE PEOPLE JUMP (I quietly walk up behind them and scream so loudly)

● The film It by Stephen King SENT A SHIVER DOWN MY SPINE (=scared me)

● Snakes give me the creeps (=generally scared)

▶ Slang variants:

• I am scared shitless (=very scared)

• Snakes scare the shit out of me (=very scared)

• I am shit-scared of snakes (=very scared)

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