"one's blood runs cold" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: En-au-one's blood runs cold.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=one's blood runs cold}} one's blood runs cold
  1. (literal) One feels a physical shock upon 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. Related terms: make someone's blood run cold
    Sense id: en-one's_blood_runs_cold-en-phrase-YK8TNKQi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 70 30
  2. (idiomatic) One experiences a visceral feeling of fear, horror, dread, or strong foreboding. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Fear Translations (One experiences a visceral feeling of fear, horror, dread, or strong forboding): einem gefriert das Blut in den Adern (German), aż zmroziło [perfective, with-accusative] (Polish), кровь сты́нет в жи́лах (krovʹ stýnet v žílax) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-one's_blood_runs_cold-en-phrase-~C3NmxMq Disambiguation of Fear: 21 79 Disambiguation of 'One experiences a visceral feeling of fear, horror, dread, or strong forboding': 11 89

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