send shivers down someone's spine

English

Verb

send shivers down someone's spine (third-person singular simple present sends shivers down someone's spine, present participle sending shivers down someone's spine, simple past and past participle sent shivers down someone's spine)

(idiomatic, informal) To terrify; to make someone feel extremely nervous.
Hearing that the killer escaped prison sent shivers down my spine.

Translations

terrify

Chinese:
Mandarin: 發毛 (zh), 发毛 (zh) (fāmáo)
Finnish: saada kylmät väreet kulkemaan pitkin selkäpiitä (fi)
German: jemandem kalt den Rücken runterlaufen

Icelandic: (a shiver ran down his spine) það fór hrollur um hann
Portuguese: dar um frio na barriga
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

give someone the creeps

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