British & Australian

make (someone's) toes curl - if an experience makes your toes curl, it makes you feel extremely embarrassed and ashamed for someone else.

She gave a toe-curling performance on the guitar. (always before noun)

• make seem like a picnic
• make sense
• make sense of
• make sense of something
• make sheep's eyes at
• make sheep's eyes at someone
• make short work of
• make short work of someone
• make short work of something
• make sick
• make sit up and take notice
• make skin crawl
• make someone eat their words
• make someone eat words
• make someone feel small
• make someone quake in boots
• make someone quake in their boots
• make someone's blood boil
• make someone's blood run cold
• make someone's day
• make someone's flesh crawl
• make someone's flesh creep
• make someone's hair stand on end
• make someone sit up and take notice
• make someone's mouth water