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Korean idiom Feel a chill of fear

Idioms linked to “가슴” · Linked dictionary word

가슴이 서늘하다

  • Form listed in the dictionary: 가슴이 서늘하다
  • 가슴이 서늘하다

English rendering Feel a chill of fear Literal translation: “One's chest turns chilly”

Meaning 1

두려움으로 마음속에 찬 바람이 이는 것같이 선득하다.

Feel chilled as though a cold wind were blowing inside through fear.

Dictionary example 1

하루 만에 차갑게 식은 그의 눈길을 받자 가슴이 서늘해 미칠 것 같다.

Meeting his gaze, cold after just one day, chilled my heart almost to madness.

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“가슴이 서늘하다” — Feel a chill of fear: Feel chilled as though a cold wind were blowing inside through fear.
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