мороз по коже

1. make one's flesh crawl (to cause someone’s skin to feel funny or get goose pimples through fright)
The queer noises in the old house made my flesh crawl.
Reading the story of a ghost made our flesh crawl. — От чтения этого рассказа о приведении у меня мороз по коже.
The sight of a cockroach makes my flesh crawl. — У меня от одного вида таракана мороз по коже.
2. Give the creeps (an uncomfortable tightening of the skin caused by fear or shock)
The horror movie gave Mary the creeps.
Just to hear the story of the murder gave Joe the creeps.
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