goose flesh

Related to goose flesh: piloerection

goose flesh

Bumps on one's skin where one's body hair stands on end as the result of an intense feeling of cold, nervousness, anxiety, excitement, or fear. I got goose flesh watching that scary movie last night! Their concert was so amazing, I got goose flesh when they played their first song! It's so cold in here that I'm getting goose flesh.
See also: flesh, goose
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • at the end of (one's) fingertips
  • at (one's) doorstep
  • at doorstep
  • (from) top to toe
  • at expense
  • at somebody's expense
  • at someone's expense
  • at (one's) expense
  • be remembered as (something)
  • be remembered as/for something
References in periodicals archive
Thus, the drug overdose victim dumped in a lake and the heart attack victim collapsing into the water can have the washerwoman and goose flesh appearance, pulmonary edema, and hemorrhage into the petrous and mastoid bones.
Drowning investigations
Powerful acting all round raised goose flesh and set our imaginations racing.
Some dark goings-on in the lighthouse; Music Theatre Wales Crescent Theatre
Prick the goose flesh with a fork and sprinkle with salt.
Mark Wogan's festive feasts
Some people call them "goose bumps." Others call them "goose flesh." Some people even call them "goose pimples."
This gives me goose bumps
Goose fleshed and shuddering gulping like a trout in a Creel.
Remembering Lewis Hine
Aguilera is sculpted, while goose fleshed Miss Glasgow is not.
Maggie Barry's column: FASHION IS PANTS