(one's) blood runs cold



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(one's) blood runs cold

One becomes seized by an acute and intense sensation of fear, panic, horror, or dread. My blood ran cold when I overheard that a police officer had been asking about me at work. Janet could feel her blood run cold when the murderer she was testifying against walked into the courtroom.
See also: blood, cold, run

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Odila-Ancient Germanic
Gabija-Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology
Ali (1)‘ah-LEE: (Arabic)Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Indonesian, Malay
Avrum-Yiddish
Armson['a:msn]
AbileneAB-i-leen (English), ab-i-LEE-nee (English)Biblical