make your flesh creep

make your flesh creep
make your ˈflesh creep idiom
to make you feel afraid or full of disgust

Just the sight of him makes my flesh creep.

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Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • 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

  • make (someone's) flesh creep — make (someone s) flesh crawl/creep if someone or something makes your flesh creep, you think they are extremely unpleasant or frightening. Spiders and insects really make my flesh crawl. (often in present tenses) I hate that guy in accounts, he… …   New idioms dictionary

  • make your skin/flesh creep — ◇ If something makes your skin/flesh creep, it causes you to have an uncomfortable feeling of fear or disgust. The thought of touching that slimy mess makes my skin creep. • • • Main Entry: ↑creep …   Useful english dictionary

  • make (someone's) flesh crawl — make (someone s) flesh crawl/creep if someone or something makes your flesh creep, you think they are extremely unpleasant or frightening. Spiders and insects really make my flesh crawl. (often in present tenses) I hate that guy in accounts, he… …   New idioms dictionary

  • flesh — [[t]fle̱ʃ[/t]] fleshes, fleshing, fleshed 1) N UNCOUNT Flesh is the soft part of a person s or animal s body between the bones and the skin. Illness had wasted the flesh from her tall, willowy body. ...the pale pink flesh of trout and salmon. 2)… …   English dictionary

  • 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

  • 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 Them Die Slowly (album) — Make Them Die Slowly Studio album by White Zombie Released March 22, 1989 …   Wikipedia

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