| 单词 | make one's flesh creep |
| 释义 | make one's flesh creepAlso, make one's skin crawl. Cause one to shudder with disgust or fear, as in That picture makes my flesh creep, or Cockroaches make my skin crawl. This idiom alludes to the feeling of having something crawl over one's body or skin. The first term appeared in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1727): “Something in their countenance made my flesh creep with a horror I cannot express.” The variant dates from the late 1800s. Words nearby make one's flesh creepmake one's blood run cold, make one's day, make one's ears burn, make oneself at home, make oneself scarce, make one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, make one's head spin, make one sick, make one's mark, make one's mouth water The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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