Ah now....re: the scared half to death question.
Scared half to death = half dead
Scared half to death again = 3/4 dead (half of a half)
What do you think?
Hubby has just suggested what if the half was a rounded up percentage or decimal? i.e. 49% or 0.48 would leave you with a small portion of life remaining. He would have to look into this further, depending on how far apart the scaring half to deaths were, recuperation times etc. Also, were there leaves on the line....apparently these can be dangerous!