鬼都怕
gwai2 dou1 paa3guǐ dōu pà
English
- (literally: even the ghost would be afraid); to describe something which will scare everyone
- Literally "terrifying for even ghosts", figuratively "extremely terrifying".
粵語 — Cantonese
- 得人驚到連鬼都覺得驚
Examples
嗰套恐怖片真係鬼都怕。阿松重嚇到睇睇吓瀨咗尿。
That horror movie is terrifying for even ghosts. A-chung was so scared he wet himself halfway through watching it.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk