Idioms of fear

You are chilled or shivering from great fright or horror; you are terrified or horrified.

• Blood Runs Cold

• To jump out of one's stiff

• to have butterfly in my stomach

• over the moon

To physically shrink, flinch, or jump, especially in fear or surprise

• over the moon

• to feel blue

• To jump out of one's stiff

• Have your heart in your mouth

You are extremally frightened or anxious or nervous

• to have butterfly in your stomach

• Have your heart in your mouth

• to jump out of your skin

• feel blue

We use this expression to describe the feeling when one is nervously anticipating something, such as a speech or other big event.

• to have butterfly in my stomach

• when the pigs fly

• over the moon

• blood runs cold

frightened; unable to move from fear

• over the moon

• blood runs cold

• to jump out of my skin

• scared stiff

extremely happy; delighted.

• to the moon and back

• feel blue

• Over the moon

• I am in red