Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
daarop schoten ze in een kramp
English translation:
this scared them stiff / scared them out of their wits
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Barend van Zadelhoff
Mar 23, 2023 17:15
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Dutch term
In een kramp schieten
Dutch to English
Art/Literary
History
Academia
Daarop schoot een deel van het lerarenkorps in een kramp
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | scared them stiff / scared them out of their wits |
Barend van Zadelhoff
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References
| Algemeen Nederlands Woordenboek |
James Duncan
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Change log
Mar 26, 2023 18:18: Barend van Zadelhoff changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/70964">jethro's</a> old entry - "In een kramp schieten"" to ""scared them stiff / scared them out of their wits""
Proposed translations
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Barend van Zadelhoff
Netherlands
Netherlands
Native in Dutch
Netherlands
TR is the most intimate act of reading.
Native in: Dutch 
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch to English, Dutch
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Dutch term (edited):
schoten in een kramp
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scared them stiff / scared them out of their wits
Daarop schoot een deel van het lerarenkorps in een kramp
This scared some members of the teaching staff stiff / out of their wits
It is a situation in which they suddenly don't know what to do anymore, right?
scare out of one's wits
scare (one) out of (one's) wits
To shock or frighten one very suddenly or severely. (Hyperbolically alludes to scaring one so badly that they lose their sanity.)
Don't sneak up on me like that, you scared me out of my wits!
That car accident seems to have scared Janet out of her wits. She's still shaken by it.
See also: of, out, scare, wit
scare out of one's wits
Also, frighten out of one's wits; scare stiff or silly or to death or the living daylights out of or the pants off . Terrify, make one panic, as in When the lights went out, she was scared out of her wits, or I was scared stiff that I would fail the driver's test. The first of these hyperbolic terms, scare out of one's wits, is the oldest and, like silly, suggests one is frightened enough to lose one's mind. The verb scare dates from about 1200, and out of one's wits was first recorded in William Tyndale's translation of the Bible in 1526 (I Corinthians 14:23): "Will they not say that ye are out of your wits?" They were first put together in 1697, the same period from which came scare out of one's seven senses, a usage now obsolete. The variant using daylights, which sometimes occurs without living, dates from the 1950s. Daylights at one time referred to the eyes but here means "vital organs." Frighten to death was first recorded in Charles Dickens's Barnaby Rudge (1840) and scare to death probably appeared about the same time. However, to death used as an intensifier dates from the 1500s. These terms allude to the fact that a sudden fright can precipitate cardiac arrest. Scare stiff, first recorded in 1905, alludes to the temporary paralysis that can accompany intense fear. For the last variant, see also under pants off.
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/scare out of one's wits
This scared some members of the teaching staff stiff / out of their wits
It is a situation in which they suddenly don't know what to do anymore, right?
scare out of one's wits
scare (one) out of (one's) wits
To shock or frighten one very suddenly or severely. (Hyperbolically alludes to scaring one so badly that they lose their sanity.)
Don't sneak up on me like that, you scared me out of my wits!
That car accident seems to have scared Janet out of her wits. She's still shaken by it.
See also: of, out, scare, wit
scare out of one's wits
Also, frighten out of one's wits; scare stiff or silly or to death or the living daylights out of or the pants off . Terrify, make one panic, as in When the lights went out, she was scared out of her wits, or I was scared stiff that I would fail the driver's test. The first of these hyperbolic terms, scare out of one's wits, is the oldest and, like silly, suggests one is frightened enough to lose one's mind. The verb scare dates from about 1200, and out of one's wits was first recorded in William Tyndale's translation of the Bible in 1526 (I Corinthians 14:23): "Will they not say that ye are out of your wits?" They were first put together in 1697, the same period from which came scare out of one's seven senses, a usage now obsolete. The variant using daylights, which sometimes occurs without living, dates from the 1950s. Daylights at one time referred to the eyes but here means "vital organs." Frighten to death was first recorded in Charles Dickens's Barnaby Rudge (1840) and scare to death probably appeared about the same time. However, to death used as an intensifier dates from the 1500s. These terms allude to the fact that a sudden fright can precipitate cardiac arrest. Scare stiff, first recorded in 1905, alludes to the temporary paralysis that can accompany intense fear. For the last variant, see also under pants off.
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/scare out of one's wits
Note from asker:
| Thanks a lot for your help. And thanks to everybody else for their contributions. |
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Reference comments
9 mins
James Duncan
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Wide experience in IT and business
Native in: English (Variants: British, US, UK)
Works in: Dutch to English, English
Reference:
Algemeen Nederlands Woordenboek
plotseling verstijven door psychische spanning; ook: plotseling heel heftig reageren op iets
Note from asker:
| so how are the teachers reacting to the Pope? Flinching, recoiling, to the utter dismay of some of the teachers ??? |
Peer comments on this reference comment:
| agree |
philgoddard
: Yes - the translation will depend on the context.
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| agree |
Kitty Brussaard
: Van Dale: in een kramp schieten = verkrampt reageren | verkrampt = krampachtig, onnatuurlijk, geforceerd. What translation works best for this expression obviously depends on the context.
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Discussion
Example:
Het gaat hierbij veelal om markten in transitie. Die moet je de tijd gunnen om tot wasdom te komen. Daarbij moet je niet in een kramp schieten als het even tegenzit.
Which caused some of the teaching staff to freak out
Here in Texas they freak out when there's snow on the ground.