Was ist der Unterschied zwischen idiom: jump out of one's skin und jump in one's skin ?Du kannst auch einfach Beispielsätze geben.

Is there any significant difference between them?

I don't know why "out" and "in" can be the same.

If there is no difference, which one do you use more commonly?

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Pajh

28 Jul 2017

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I have never heard the second one used "Jump in one's skin"
They both mean the same thing - to get a sudden shock or to be startled.
In UK English, the first is common.
Holy crap! I nearly jumped out of my skin!

Possibly the second phrase is more common in the US?

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Pajh

28 Jul 2017

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I have never heard the second one used "Jump in one's skin"
They both mean the same thing - to get a sudden shock or to be startled.
In UK English, the first is common.
Holy crap! I nearly jumped out of my skin!

Possibly the second phrase is more common in the US?

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kama2017

4 Aug 2017

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@Pajh

I'm very sorry for the late reply.

Thank you for you informative answer.

However I found:

jump in one's skin

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(idiomatic) To start with fright. [quotations]

1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, ch. 4:
The neighborhood, to our ears, seemed haunted by approaching footsteps; and what between the dead body of the captain on the parlor floor, and the thought of that detestable blind beggar hovering near at hand, and ready to return, there were moments when, as the saying goes, I jumped in my skin for terror.