- chill someone to the bone
- chill (someone) to the bone/marrow
to make someone feel very frightened.
The sound of scraping at the window chilled me to the bone.
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chill someone to the bone
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chill someone to the marrow — chill (someone) to the bone/marrow to make someone feel very frightened. The sound of scraping at the window chilled me to the bone … New idioms dictionary
chill to the bone — chill (someone) to the bone/marrow to make someone feel very frightened. The sound of scraping at the window chilled me to the bone … New idioms dictionary
chill to the marrow — chill (someone) to the bone/marrow to make someone feel very frightened. The sound of scraping at the window chilled me to the bone … New idioms dictionary
chill — chill1 [ tʃıl ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive if you chill food or drink or it chills, it becomes cold enough to be ready to eat or drink: Chill the dessert in the refrigerator for about two hours. The wine is chilling right now. a )… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
chill — I UK [tʃɪl] / US verb Word forms chill : present tense I/you/we/they chill he/she/it chills present participle chilling past tense chilled past participle chilled * 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] if you chill food or drink, or if it chills, it… … English dictionary
chill — chill1 [tʃıl] n 1.) [singular] a feeling of coldness ▪ There was a slight chill in the air . morning/autumnal/January etc chill ▪ Suddenly aware of the morning chill, she closed the window. chill of ▪ He sat in the chill of the evening, staring… … Dictionary of contemporary English
chill — 1 verb 1 (I, T) if you chill something such as food or drink or if it chills, it becomes very cold but does not freeze: Chill the champagne in a bucket of ice. | Serve the melon chilled. 2 (transitive usually passive) to make someone very cold:… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
chill — 1. noun 1) a chill in the air Syn: coldness, chilliness, coolness, iciness, rawness, bitterness, nip Ant: warmth 2) he had a chill Syn: a … Thesaurus of popular words
frighten — verb the fighting in the streets frightened us Syn: scare, startle, alarm, terrify, petrify, shock, chill, panic, shake, disturb, dismay, unnerve, unman, intimidate, terrorize, cow, daunt; strike terror into, put the … Thesaurus of popular words
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