What does darle algo a alguien mean?

ExpressionColoquial

to have a fit — from stress or shock

That unnamed algo is a fit, a heart attack, a funny turn: the expression deliberately does not specify. It is nearly always hyperbole — me va a dar algo — and covers fright, anger and impatience. Said seriously it would be alarming; as hyperbole, it is pure domestic theatre.

No me des estos sustos, que me va a dar algo.
Nobody is calling an ambulance.

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