someone's blood runs cold

Meaning: (literal)One feels a physicalshockupon 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.; (idiomatic)One experiences avisceralfeelingoffear,horror,dread, or strongforeboding.1838,Charles Dickens, chapter 18, inOliver Twist:Little Oliver's blood ran cold, as he listened to the Jew's words, and imperfectly comprehended the dark threats conveyed in them.1891,H. Rider Haggard, chapter 13, inNada the Lily:[M]y blood ran coldand my heart turned to water, for there, before the cave, rolled wolves, many and great.1908,W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 9, inThe Magician:Her blood ran cold, and her heart seemed pressed in an iron vice.2004January 12, Jeffrey Ressner, “Sundances with Wolves”, inTime‎[1], archived fromthe originalon30 June 2013:His "blood runs cold"imagining the wrath of Weinstein.1838, Boz [pseudonym;Charles Dickens], chapter 20, inOliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress.[…], volume(please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London:Richard Bentley,[…],→OCLC:Here, he read of dreadful crimes that madethe blood run cold.1897,W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter 7, inLiza of Lambeth, New York, N.Y.:George H[enry] Doran Company, published[1921],→OCLC:"Why, itmikes yer blood run cold: they 'ang a man on the stige; oh, it mide me creep all over!"1914,Lucy Maud Montgomery,The Man on the Train:"It just makesmy blood run coldto read about it. And to think that the man who did it is still around the country somewhere—plotting other murders."2009February 24, John Otis, “Colombia's Drug Extraditions: Are They Worth It?”, inTime:[T]he prospect of doing hard time in an American penitentiary was about the only thing that madePablo Escobar's blood run cold.

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