the creeps

A sense of intense, unpleasant disquietude, typically due to something strange, eerie, or off-putting. I stay away from that old house on the corner—it gives me the creeps! Why is that guy just standing around and not talking to anyone? He's giving me the creeps!

the creeps

Also, the willies. A sensation of horror or repugnance, as in That weird man gives me the creeps, or I get the willies when I hear that dirge music. The first of these colloquial terms alludes to a sensation of something crawling on one's skin. Charles Dickens used it in David Copperfield (1849) to describe a physical ailment: "She was constantly complaining of the cold and of its occasioning a visitation in her back, which she called 'the creeps.'" But soon after it was used to describe fear and loathing. The variant dates from the late 1800s, and both its allusion and origin are unclear.

the creeps

n. the jitters; a case of nerves. These movies always give me the creeps.

词组	the creeps
释义	the creeps the creeps A sense of intense, unpleasant disquietude, typically due to something strange, eerie, or off-putting. I stay away from that old house on the corner—it gives me the creeps! Why is that guy just standing around and not talking to anyone? He's giving me the creeps! See also: creep Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. the creeps Also, the willies. A sensation of horror or repugnance, as in That weird man gives me the creeps, or I get the willies when I hear that dirge music. The first of these colloquial terms alludes to a sensation of something crawling on one's skin. Charles Dickens used it in David Copperfield (1849) to describe a physical ailment: "She was constantly complaining of the cold and of its occasioning a visitation in her back, which she called 'the creeps.'" But soon after it was used to describe fear and loathing. The variant dates from the late 1800s, and both its allusion and origin are unclear. See also: creep The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. the creeps n. the jitters; a case of nerves. These movies always give me the creeps. See also: creep McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: come to a bad end come to a bad/sticky end breathe a sigh of relief heave a sigh of relief close (one's) eyes and think of England England fall out with (someone) over (something) fall out with (someone) have no stomach for something have the stomach for
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