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"Make one's skin crawl" nghĩa là gì?
29 Feb, 2016
Nhìn cá sấu, nổi da gà. Photo courtesy Bernard DUPONT.
'Make one's skin crawl' = make one's flesh crawl nghĩa là cái gì đó khiến bạn/ai rất sợ hãi hoặc kinh tởm (to be very frightening or disgusting); sởn gai ốc, nổi da gà.
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Reasons “skinny” and “bikini body” make my skin crawl.
References to Pittsburgh being a blue-collar town make my skin crawl. It’s some sort of urban myth, or maybe suburban myth because that’s where everyone my age has moved.
"There's a stigma attached to pop music, like it's a taboo word. It used to make my skin crawl when people said it and I'd say, 'I'm not a pop star! I want to be a respected musician!' But I think people have changed the way they think about it.
"After a day looking after our four-year-old twins, Pepper and Cherry, three-year-old Lola and nine-month-old Jasper, I can honestly say nothing is less appealing than being pawed by my other half," Halfpenny writes. "Indeed, even Sam’s touch — which I used to long for when we first got together six years ago — can make my skin crawl."
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