有驚無險
simp有惊无险jau5 ging1 mou4 him2yǒu jīng wú xiǎn
English
- to be more scared than hurt (idiom)
- (adjective) Scary
- to get through a daunting experience without mishap
- (of an incidence) to be a false alarm; literally 'there is fear but not danger'
粵語 — Cantonese
- 形容事件純粹係虛驚一場,令人受到驚嚇,但係其實冇實際危險
Examples
司機一個唔小心,差啲炒車,好彩最後有驚無險,無發生意外。
[ChatGPT]The driver was careless and almost caused a car accident, luckily nothing happened in the end.
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk