1. A terrifying ordeal (pengalaman pahit): If something is a terrifying ordeal it is a very frightening experience
E. g. It was such a terrifying ordeal. I’m glad that it’s over. (Itu adalah sebuah pengalaman pahit. Saya bahgia itu sudah berakhir. )
2. Send shivers down my spine (merinding seluruh badan): When something sends shivers down your spine, it terrifies you.
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. (Saya semalam menonton filem horor. Beberapa adegan dan kesan suara sangat menakutkan sampai membuat seluruh badan saya merinding. )
3. Give me goose bumps (bat saya mengigil): Goose bumps are the little bumps that your skin gets when you are frightened or cold.
E. g. I can't watch horror films. They give me goose bumps. (Saya tak boleh menonton filem horor. Filem horor buat saya menggigil. )
4. Make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up (buat bulu kuduk berdiri. )
If something makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, they scare you.
5. Scare the hell out of me (sangat menakutkan)
If something scares the hell out of you, they frighten you.
E. g. I don’t like to watch horror films because they scare the hell out of me. (Saya tak suka menonton filem horor kerana membuat saya sangat ketakutan. )
6. break out in a cold sweat (keringat dingin):
If you break out in a cold sweat, you begin to perspire a lot, usually from anxiety.
E. g. I get nervous at the dentist's and usually break out in a cold sweat. (Saya gugup semasa ada di dokter gigi dan saya biasa berkeringat dingin. )
7. Bundle of nerves (gugup sangat):
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! (Anak saya menjalani peperiksaan memandu hari ini. Tak payah nak kata bahawa dia gugup sangat!)
8. Butterflies in stomach (harfiah: kupu - kupu dalam perut. ):
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.
9. Can't stand the pace (tertinggal):
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. (Semasa dia bekerja dengan seorang pereka bentuk tersohor, dia selalu tertinggal. )
10. Cat on hot bricks (kucing kepanasan)
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. (Seminggu sebelum hasilnya ditayangkan, dia semacam kucing yang kepanasan. )
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