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