Scaredy cat.
Someone who is easily frightened.
Stabbed in the back.
To be betrayed by a friend or colleague.
To make someone's blood boil.
To make someone very angry.
Ghost town.
A deserted place where there are few or no people.
Skeleton in the closet
To have an embarrassing secret about your past.
To smell a rat.
To suspect that something wrong or dishonest is happening.
To spill your guts.
To confess everything.
Graveyard shift.
A work shift that happens overnight.
Drop dead gorgeous.
Someone very good looking.
To scare the pants off someone
To frighten someone a lot.
Night owl.
A person who tends to stay up late.
To be scared stiff.
To get so scared you're not able to move.
Witch hunt.
To unfairly seek to damage others, perhaps because of a false view of their beliefs.
Over my dead body.
To refuse to do something.
To dig one's grave
To be responsible for one's downfall or ruin. It's a way of expressing that you've made a big mistake.
Playing devil's advocate.
To present the other side of an argument even though you don't personally support it.
In cold blood.
To do something deliberately in a ruthless manner.
Like a bat out of heck
To move extremely quick without thought or in a panic.
Skeleton crew
The smallest number of people needed for a business to operate.
Doesn't say boo to anyone
A shy or nervous person.