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Hearing footsteps outside my window on a dark night made my hair stand on end.

If I saw a shark while I was swimming in the sea, it would make my hair stand on end.

Feifei
You’re listening to The English We Speak from BBC Learning English, and we are learning the
expression ‘make your hair stand on end’, it’s used to talk about things that scare you. We can
replace ‘your’ with other pronouns such as ‘my’, his’, ' her’ so we can say ‘make my hair stand
on end’ or ‘make his hair stand on end’.

Phil
And another way that we say it is that something ‘makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand
up’.

Feifei
And seeing as you’ve said that mice, spiders and heights all make the hairs on the back of your
neck stand up, remind me never to go on a walk in the countryside with you!

Phil
I think I need to stay in the city – too many things in the countryside make the hairs on the back
of my neck stand up.

Feifei
So, you’ll definitely be here to record the next terrifying episode of The English We Speak. See
you next time!

Phil
Bye!