give someone the shits

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === give someone the shits (third-person singular simple present gives someone the shits, present participle giving someone the shits, simple past gave someone the shits, past participle given someone the shits) (Australia, colloquial, vulgar) To annoy or frustrate someone to a great degree. Synonyms: boil someone's piss, piss off; see also Thesaurus:annoy (vulgar) To creep someone out; to scare someone. Synonyms: scare the shit out of someone; see also Thesaurus:frighten Synonyms: creep someone out, give someone the heebie-jeebies; see also Thesaurus:frighten Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: cause diarrhea. ==== Translations ====