jump out of one's skin(I nearly jumped out of my skin!; Jane nearly jumped out of her skin when the horse put its head through the kitchen windowTaras)
the bottom has fallen out of something(You realize that the bottom is falling out of the fight game? – Вы понимаете, что бокс будет не в моде? / Харди "Власть без славы" Bobrovska)
the bottom has dropped out of something(He was wondering how the fact that the bottom was going to drop out of local street-railways would affect Cowperwood so seriously. – Он недоумевал, каким образом близящийся крах местной трамвайной компании может серьёзно затронуть Купервуда. / Драйзер "Финансист" Bobrovska)
