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scream yourself hoarse/silly

(also scream the place down, also scream your head off)

Definition

to scream very loudly: I screamed myself silly on the roller coaster.Shouting and screaming
(Definition of scream yourself hoarse/silly from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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