make (one's)/the hair stand up on the back of (one's) neck
make (one's)/the hair stand up on the back of (one's) neck
To scare or horrify someone. Walking past the cemetery alone at night made Mary's hair stand up on the back of her neck. Just the thought of going into that abandoned building makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck.
See also: back, hair, make, neck, of, on, stand, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- make (one's) hair stand on end
- make hair stand on end
- make one's hair stand on end
- make someone's hair stand on end
- make your hair stand on end
- strike fear into (one's) heart
- strike fear, terror, etc. into somebody/somebody's heart
- strike terror into (one)
- strike fear into (one)
- strike terror into (one's) heart