Translations for „frighteners“ in the English » German Dictionary

fright·en·ers [ˈfraɪtənəz] N

frighteners pl Brit inf:

to put the frighteners on sb

jdm Angst einjagen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to put the frighteners on sb

jdm Angst einjagen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

But if the intended effect of the tax advice about software development activity is to put the frighteners on small companies -- many of them startups -- then it has worked.

www.innovationaus.com

Hold the documents back for now, depending on how he interprets them it could put the frighteners on mccallister.

www.irishnews.com

It certainly put the frighteners on the sector - and investors.

www.independent.ie

However, it's not the recently dug-up and reburied lost royal who put the frighteners on punters -- but the landlady.

www.leicestermercury.co.uk

He may have been a dreamy, sensitive man, but he couldn't resist putting on the frighteners.

news.bbc.co.uk

How dare they try to put the frighteners on reporters?

www.dailymail.co.uk

That is what we feel about these giant spiders, that they need to outfrighten the frighteners.

www.independent.co.uk