魂飞天外 meaning in English
one's soul flew beyond the skies.; be frightened to death; (be so frightened that) one's soul seemed to leave one's body and fly beyond the confines of heaven; one's spirits rose to the clouds
Examples
- I am on cloud nine
这让我简直魂飞天外！ - There was another tree , and a little thicket beyond it , about fifty yards nearer to them than the place where i was , which by going a little way about , i saw i might come at undiscover d , and that then i should be within half shot of them ; so i with - held my passion , though i was indeed enrag d to the highest degree , and going back about twenty paces , i got behind some bushes , which held all the way , till i came to the other tree ; and then i came to a little rising ground , which gave me a full view of them , at the distance of about eighty yards
不必说，那群野人顿时吓得魂飞天外，那些未死未伤的全部从地上跳了起来，不知道往哪儿跑好，也不知道往哪儿看好，因为他们根本不知道这场灾祸是打哪儿来的。星期五一双眼睛紧盯着我，因为我吩咐过他，注意我的动作。我放完第一枪，马上把手里的短枪丢在地上，拿起一支鸟枪星期五也照着做了。