make (one's) flesh crawl

make (one's) flesh crawl

To cause one to feel disgusted, frightened, or unnerved. Having to look all those surgical photos made my flesh crawl. The mere mention of cockroaches makes her flesh crawl.
See also: crawl, flesh, make
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

make someone's flesh crawl

 and make someone's skin crawl
to cause someone's skin to feel funny or get goose pimples through fright. Just to hear the story of the killings made my flesh crawl. The horror movie made our skin crawl.
See also: crawl, flesh, make
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • make flesh crawl
  • make (one's) skin crawl
  • make skin
  • make your skin crawl
  • make someone's flesh creep
  • make your flesh creep
  • make your flesh creep/crawl
  • make (one's) flesh creep
  • make one's flesh creep
  • make your blood run cold