make someone's toes curl

make (one's) toes curl

1. To cause one an acute feeling of disgust, shame, embarrassment, or anguish. Her story about the disastrous wedding made everyone's toes curl. The thought of having to give her presentation in front of an audience made her toes curl. I don't know why, but the sound of another person chewing makes my toes curl.

2. To cause one an acute feeling of joy or pleasure. When he leaned in to kiss me at the end of the date, it made my toes curl.

make someone's toes curl

bring about an extreme reaction in someone, either of pleasure or disgust. informal

1984 Paul Prudhomme Louisiana Kitchen This is so good it'll make your toes curl!

词组	make someone's toes curl
释义	make someone's toes curl make (one's) toes curl 1. To cause one an acute feeling of disgust, shame, embarrassment, or anguish. Her story about the disastrous wedding made everyone's toes curl. The thought of having to give her presentation in front of an audience made her toes curl. I don't know why, but the sound of another person chewing makes my toes curl. 2. To cause one an acute feeling of joy or pleasure. When he leaned in to kiss me at the end of the date, it made my toes curl. See also: curl, make, toe Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. make someone's toes curl bring about an extreme reaction in someone, either of pleasure or disgust. informal 1984 Paul Prudhomme Louisiana Kitchen This is so good it'll make your toes curl! See also: curl, make, toe Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: make (one's) toes curl make somebody's toes curl make your toes curl make someone's hair curl make your hair curl make somebody's hair curl make (one's) hair curl nause nause (one) out nause out
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