1. A terrifying ordeal: If something is a terrifying ordeal it is a very frightening experience. (जब कुछ बहुत ही खौफनाक अनुभव हो. )
E. g. It was such a terrifying ordeal. I'm glad that it's over. (वह इतना खौफनाक अनुभव था. मुझे ख़ुशी है कि वह लम्बा नहीं चला. )
2. Send shivers down my spine: When something sends shivers down your spine, it terrifies you. (जब कोई चीज़ आपको बहुत डरा देती है. )
E. g. I watched a horror movie yesterday. Some of the scenes and the sound effects were so frightening that they sent shivers down my spine. (मैंने कल एक हॉरर फिल्म देखी. उसके कुछ दृश्य और आवाज़ें ऐसी थी कि मैं बहुत डर गया. )
3. Give me goose bumps: Goose bumps are the little bumps that your skin gets when you are frightened or cold. (रोंगटे खड़े करने वाला)
E. g. I can't watch horror films. They give me goose bumps. (मैं हॉरर फिल्में नहीं देख सकता. उससे मेरे रौंगटे खड़े हो जाते हैं. )
4. Make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up: If something makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, they scare you. (रौंगटे खड़े करने वाला)
5. Scare the hell out of me: If something scares the hell out of you, they frighten you.
E. g. I don't like to be alone in the dark, it scares the hell out of me. (मुझे अँधेरे में अकेले रहना पसंद नहीं है मुझे बहुत डर लगता है. )
6. Break out in a cold sweat: If you break out in a cold sweat, you begin to perspire a lot, usually from anxiety. (जब आप चिंता या डर से पसीने पसीने हो जाते हैं. )
E. g. I get nervous at the dentist's and usually break out in a cold sweat. (मैं दंतचिकित्सक के पास बहुत बेचैन हो जाता हूँ और पसीने पसीने हो जाता हूँ. )
7. Bundle of nerves: If you describe someone as a bundle of nerves, you mean that they are very nervous, tense or worried.
E. g. My son is doing his driving test today. Needless to say he's a bundle of nerves! (आज मेरे बेटे का ड्राइविंग का टेस्ट है. वह बेशक बहुत बेचैन है!)
8. Butterflies in stomach: If you have butterflies in your stomach, you are feeling very nervous.
E. g. At the beginning of an exam, I always have butterflies in my stomach. (मेरी परीक्षा से पहले मैं बहुत बेचैन होता हूँ. )
9. Can't stand the pace: If you can't stand the pace, you are unable to do things well when there is a lot of pressure.
E. g. She once worked for a famous fashion designer but she couldn't stand the pace. (वह एक फैशन डिज़ाइनर के लिए काम करती थी पर वह अधिक काम के दबाव में अच्छे से काम नहीं कर पायी. )
10. Cat on hot bricks: A person who is like a cat on hot bricks is very nervous or restless.
E. g. The week before the results were published, she was like a cat on hot bricks. (परिणाम आने के एक हफ्ते पहले वह बहुत बेचैन थी. )
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