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make one's hair stand on end



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How often was I not in embarrassments enough to make one's hair stand on end, badly in debt.

From Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von

And now, my Hannah'li, I tell you once and for all, it is enough to make one's hair stand on end, and hardly to be believed!

From Stories and Pictures by Peretz, Isaac Loeb

It is enough to make one’s hair stand on end, ‘like quills upon the fretted porcupine.’

From Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel by Hentz, Caroline Lee

It seemed as if the ship must break into a thousand pieces, a thing most terrible to see and to hear, and fit to make one's hair stand on end.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World by Leigh, Dora

Such questions make one's hair stand on end.

From With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back by Lowry, Edward P.




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