hold terror for
hold terror for (someone)
To cause one to feel fear. The thought of telling my parents about the awful things I've done holds great terror for me. Before I did exposure therapy, driving held terror for me. Now, I drive all over the place!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
hold terror for someone
[for something] to be frightening to a person. The thought of flying to Rio by myself held great terror for me. Nothing holds terror for me. I am a daredevil.
See also: hold, terror
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- hold terror for (someone)
- eat (one's) heart out
- eat heart out
- eat one’s heart out
- eat one's heart out
- eat your heart out
- lousy
- awful
- I'm awful with/at names
- (it) happens to the best of us