send a chill up (one's) spine
send a chill up (one's) spine
To cause an intense feeling of excitement, exhilaration, nervousness, or fear in one. The way that sonata swells always sends a chill up my spine. It sent a chill up my spine when Dorothy gave me such an amorous look. Can we get out of here? This creepy old house is sending a chill up my spine!
See also: chill, send, spine, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- send a chill down (one's) spine
- send a chill down your spine
- send chills up (one's) spine
- send shivers up (one's) spine
- send a shiver up (one's) spine
- send a shiver down (one's) spine
- send chills down (one's) spine
- send shivers down (one's) spine
- a shiver went down (one's) spine
- a shiver went up (one's) spine