- make flesh/skin crawl
- Something that makes your flesh (or skin) crawl fills you with disgust or makes you feel very nervous.
Just talking about snakes makes my flesh crawl!
English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.
make flesh/skin crawl
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make your skin crawl — make your skin/flesh/crawl phrase to give you a very unpleasant and slightly frightened feeling Thesaurus: to make someone afraid or frightenedsynonym Main entry: crawl * * * make your ˈskin crawl … Useful english dictionary
make someone's skin crawl — I see skin II make someone s skin (or flesh) crawl (or creep) cause someone to feel fear, horror, or disgust a person dying in a fire doesn t it make your skin crawl? … Useful english dictionary
make your skin/flesh crawl — ◇ If something makes your skin/flesh crawl, it causes you to have an uncomfortable feeling of fear or disgust. Just thinking about being down in that dark cave makes my skin crawl. • • • Main Entry: ↑crawl … Useful english dictionary
make your flesh crawl — If something makes your flesh crawl, it really scares or revolts you. ( Make your flesh creep is an alternative. Make your skin crawl is also used.) … The small dictionary of idiomes
make your flesh crawl — If something makes your flesh crawl, it really scares or revolts you. ( Make your flesh creep is an alternative. Make your skin crawl is also used.) (Dorking School Dictionary) *** Something that makes your flesh crawl fills you with… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
crawl — crawl1 [krôl] vi. [ME craulen < ON krafla < Gmc base * krab , *kreb , to scratch (> Ger krabbeln): for IE base see CRAB1] 1. to move slowly by dragging the body along the ground, as a worm 2. to go on hands and knees; creep 3. to move or … English World dictionary
make your flesh crawl — make your skin/flesh/crawl phrase to give you a very unpleasant and slightly frightened feeling Thesaurus: to make someone afraid or frightenedsynonym Main entry: crawl … Useful english dictionary
skin — skin1 W2S2 [skın] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(body)¦ 2¦(from an animal)¦ 3¦(food)¦ 4¦(on a liquid)¦ 5¦(part of an object)¦ 6¦(computer)¦ 7 have (a) thin/thick skin 8 get under somebody s skin 9 by the skin of your teeth 10 make s … Dictionary of contemporary English
flesh — flesh1 W3 [fleʃ] n [U] [: Old English; Origin: flAsc] 1.) the soft part of the body of a person or animal that is between the skin and the bones ▪ a freshwater fish with firm white flesh 2.) the skin of the human body ▪ His flesh was red and… … Dictionary of contemporary English
flesh — 1 noun (U) 1 the soft part of the body of a person or animal that is between the skin and the bones : flesh wound (=a slight injury from a knife or bullet) 2 the soft part of a fruit or vegetable that can be eaten: Cut the melon in half and scoop … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
