make someone's hair stand on end

English

Verb

make someone's hair stand on end

1. (informal) To frighten or scare someone.

   That scene in the movie where the killer is stalking his victim made my hair stand on end.

   • 2024 October 7, Philip Oltermann, “Germans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approval”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     A commentator in the tabloid Bild said seeing signs like “Harald’s Eck” (“Harald’s Corner”) made his “hair stand on end”, and that the proper use of the genitive form would be bemoaned by lovers of the German language.

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: poner el vello de punta

See also

• raise someone's hackles
• set someone's teeth on edge
• stand on end