Bejesus

You scared the bejesus out of me.

Tom scared the holy bejesus out of me.

Tom scared the bejesus out of Mary.

The young stinker and smeller dug in his pocket, pulled something out, and, bejesus, the young stinker and smeller was giving him something.

The bear scared the bejesus out of us.

He said you confused the bejesus out of him.

This old lady just completely slapped the bejesus out of him.

That screaming, flaming skull in the closet totally scared the bejesus out of me!

But they give me clothes for my body, and food for my belly, and tonight, I'm so happy, I could beat the living bejesus outa this goddam drum.

Nixon: You see what I mean? We can’t take it. Kissinger: I agree. That’s why we’ve got to blast— Nixon: That’s right. Kissinger: —the living bejeezus out of North Vietnam. We will gain nothing for restraint—. Nixon: That’s right

Martial arts mean beating the bejesus out of people.

The dorsal fin is one of the animal kingdom’s masterstrokes of branding; it looks like a tooth, and we don’t need to see the rest of the shark to have the bejesus scared out of us.