10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JUMP OUT OF ONE'S SKIN»
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jump out of one's skin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
jump out of one's skin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
... leap out, bound out, leap out from cover; jerk, twitch, blink, shy, draw back,
recoil; quail, cower, blench, flinch, wince, shrink; lurch, bounce, convulse, be
shaken, be taken aback, be frightened, Inf. jump out of one's skin. 5. protrude,
project ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
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The American Heritage Dictionary
of Idioms, Second Edition
... also see BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP; BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH; GET
UNDER SOMEONE'S SKIN; JUMP OUT OF ONE'S SKIN; MAKE ONE'S FLESH
CREEP (SKIN CRAWL); MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT; NO SKIN OFF
...
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A Dictionary
of Cultural and Critical Theory
... “to get under one's skin”; “to have one's hide”; “to jump out of one's skin”; “the
naked truth”; “to save one's skin”; “no skin off one's nose”; “[soaked] to the skin”; “
with a whole skin.” Yet despite its profound associations with language, literature,
...
Michael Payne, Jessica Rae Barbera, 2010
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Out of Place: German Realism, Displacement and Modernity
German Fell plays off of the German expression, aus der Haut fahren, [to jump
out of one's skin, to become enraged or agitated], and contrasts the frustration
implied in this experience with the attempt to climb out of one's skin—that is, to
shed ...
5
A Dictionary
of Slang and Unconventional English
Ex sport. jump out of (one's) skin, (usu. nearly or almost). To be greatly startled:
coll.: C.19—20. jump out (of) the window(s). To make a parachute descent from
an aircraft: RAF: WW2. Allan A. Michie 81 Isabel Waitt in Reader's Digest, Feb.
jump out of one's skin active ones, and after 17 years a bachelor, he was willing
to take a chance on love. He drafted his own letter in response. [ HC, Tu, 6/ 14/88,
14, 2] jump out of one's skin to be badly frightened Soon Mr. Ho will install an ...
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The Sterling Book
of Idioms
... and we escaped by the skin of our teeth. to jump out of one's skin to receive a
tremendous shock She nearlyjumped out ofher skin when she opened her room
and found a man standing inside. to get under one's skin to exasperate, to irritate,
...
... only just: We escaped by the skin of our teeth. get under (someone's) skin (inf)
to annoy and upset (someone) greatly: Don't let his comments get under your
skin. jump out of one's skin (inf) to get a great fright or shock: / was daydreaming
so ...
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A Dictionary
of Slang and Colloquial English: Abridged from ...
To jump out of one's skin : see Skin. On the keen jump, on the go, violently at
work. Jump-down. The last place in course of erection on the outskirts of what is
called civilised life. Also jumping off place, a destination. Jumped-up. Conceited ...
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, 1905
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The Wordsworth Dictionary
of Idioms
... see high. jump down (someone's) throat see throat. a jumping-off place/point a
place from which to start: Ij you want to get to Finland, Newcastle is the best
jumping-off place. jump on the bandwagon see band. jump out of one's skin see
skin.
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JUMP OUT OF ONE'S SKIN»
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... considerate etiquette to warn walkers that bikers are bearing down in order that one does not jump out of one's skin with fright and topple into ... «Otago Daily Times, May 14»
Živorad Kovačević (1930–2011)
Jump out of one's skin ne znači iskočiti iz sopstvene kože već prestraviti se, šokirati se. Milk and water ne znači mleko pomešano s vodom, već ... «Vreme, Mar 11»
