to be scared stiff, to be astonished
Quando ouvi aquele barulho de noite, me caíram os butiá do bolso.
When I heard that noise at night, I was scared stiff.
Butiá (from Tupi mbutiá) is a small palm-tree fruit, roughly the size of a marble, native to Southern Brazil and traditionally harvested by gauchos.
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