"scared stiff" meaning in English

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          "text": "He was scared stiff, like a deer in the headlights, by the vampire walking toward him."
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        "scared to the point of being unable to move, or (figuratively) very scared."
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        "(literally) scared to the point of being unable to move, or (figuratively) very scared."
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          "word": "bored stiff"
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "mou kópikan ta ípata",
          "sense": "terrified",
          "word": "μου κόπηκαν τα ήπατα"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "roman": "ana",
          "sense": "terrified",
          "word": "pakaru/(katoa) [ngā] hamuti"
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          "sense": "terrified",
          "word": "gòrach leis an eagal"
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          "sense": "terrified",
          "word": "air chur eagal a' mhionaich air"
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          "sense": "terrified",
          "word": "livrädd"
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  "word": "scared stiff"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "mou kópikan ta ípata",
      "sense": "terrified",
      "word": "μου κόπηκαν τα ήπατα"
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      "roman": "ana",
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      "word": "gòrach leis an eagal"
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