1. A terrifying ordeal: If something is a terrifying ordeal it is a very frightening experience. (एखाद्याला अतिशय भीतीदायक अनुभव येणे)
E. g. It was such a terrifying ordeal. I'm glad that it's over.
2. Send shivers down my spine: When something sends shivers down your spine, it terrifies you. (भीतीने थरकाप उडणे)
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.
3. Give me goose bumps: Goose bumps are the little bumps that your skin gets when you are frightened or cold. (अंगावर काटे येणे)
E. g. I can't watch horror films. They give me goose bumps.
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. (भीतीने शहारे आणणारी घटना)
5. Scare the hell out of me: If something scares the hell out of you, they frighten you.
(एखाद्या गोष्टीची खूप भीती वाटणे)
E. g. I don't like to be alone in the dark, it scares the hell out of me.
6. Break out in a cold sweat: If you break out in a cold sweat, you begin to perspire a lot, usually from anxiety. (भीतीने किंवा चिंतेने घाम सुटणे)
E. g. I get nervous at the dentist's and usually break out in a cold sweat.
7. Bundle of nerves: If you describe someone as a bundle of nerves, you mean that they are very nervous, tense or worried.
(म्हणजे भरपूर चिंतेत असणे, चिंताग्रस्त असणे, काळजीत असणे)
E. g. My son is doing his driving test today. Needless to say he's a bundle of nerves!
8. Butterflies in stomach: If you have butterflies in your stomach, you are feeling very nervous.
(खूप काळजीत असणे)
E. g. At the beginning of an exam, I always have butterflies in my stomach.
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