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Has something ever made your hair stand on end? I explain. This expression is the idiom make someone's hair stand on end which means "to cause  someone to be very frightened".

So, now, you already know what this expression really is, probably you'll agree that at least one time in your life, you felt like something made your hair stand on end.

It's not difficult really! Maybe a sci-fi film that you watched very late on telly or a friend or cousin that played a trick on you, made your hair stand on end. Just remember your memory of that  frightening day. So, if something makes your hair stand on end, it makes you frightened.

But, not just past things, make our hair stand on end. Maybe you're facing something that causes the refered effect today.

What about future? We still don't know what future will brings us. I hope it doesn't make our hair stand on end.

Now it's time to practise the idiom by writing some example sentences:

a) The spider on the window made Roger's hair stand on end;

b) Scientific fiction films make Antonella's hair stand on end;

c) Why don't you want to come in my castle Marina? Because the darkness of the waiting room make my hair stand on end, Claire! 

If you want to try to write a few sentences using the idiom, drop me a few lines in the comment's section. It'll be funny to see how creative you can be. Cheers!