someone's blood runs cold (English, phrase)
expansion: one's blood runs cold
Senses:
glosses: One feels a physical shock upon realizing a direct threat to one's life, similar to the loss of blood in the brain. It affects the entire body for a few minutes, but does not cause the person to lose consciousness.
glosses: One experiences a visceral feeling of fear, horror, dread, foreboding, or dysphoria (sometimes with accompanying tingling paresthesias).
Forms:
form: one's blood runs cold
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