粵

鬼gwai2都dou1怕paa3

gwai2 dou1 paa3guǐ dōu pà

English

  1. (literally: even the ghost would be afraid); to describe something which will scare everyone
  2. Literally "terrifying for even ghosts", figuratively "extremely terrifying".

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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

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