make your flesh creep/crawl
make (one's) flesh creep
To cause one to feel disgusted, frightened, or unnerved. Having to look at all those surgical photos made my flesh creep. The mere mention of cockroaches makes her flesh creep.
See also: creep, flesh, make
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
make someone's flesh crawl
and make someone's skin crawlto 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.
make your flesh creep
ormake your flesh crawl
If something or someone makes your flesh creep or makes your flesh crawl, they make you feel uncomfortable because you find them so unpleasant or frightening. I didn't like him the first time I set eyes on him and now I know why. He made my flesh creep. I could see nobody. But they could see me. It made my flesh crawl. Note: You can also say that someone or something makes your skin crawl. Then suddenly she laughed. The sound made his skin crawl.
See also: creep, flesh, make
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
make your ˈflesh creep/crawl
make you feel afraid or full of disgust: This is a movie to make your flesh creep. The way he looked at me made my flesh crawl.See also: crawl, creep, flesh, make
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- make (one's) flesh creep
- make one's flesh creep
- make someone's flesh creep
- make your flesh creep
- make (one's) flesh crawl
- make flesh crawl
- make (one's) skin crawl
- make your skin crawl
- make skin
- make somebody's blood run cold