B2idiomemotionsIELTS-friendly
send shivers down your spine
USUK
to make you feel suddenly afraid or very excited
For fear or strong emotion from music. The singular 'a shiver down my spine' is also common.
In context
The ghost story Grandma told us sent shivers down my spine.
Her voice in the final song sends shivers down your spine.
More idioms about emotions
- a bitter pill to swallowan unpleasant fact or situation that is hard to accept
- a bundle of nervesvery nervous and worried
- a chip on your shouldera lasting anger because you feel you were treated unfairly in the past
- a knot in your stomacha tight, sick feeling in your body caused by worry or fear
- a lump in your throata tight feeling in your throat because you are so moved that you might cry