make one's hair stand on end

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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.

It's enough to make one's hair stand on end.

From An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) by Reuter, Fritz

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

There are dealers in wigs and essences who are enough to make one's hair stand on end; they care only to sell you bottles.

From Unconscious Comedians by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

I’m sure I don’t remember giving my mother any particular trouble when I was Matilda’s age, but the stories I’ve heard to-day are enough to make one’s hair stand on end.

From Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty