heebie-jeebies

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A general feeling of anxiety, fear, uneasiness, or nausea

I don't mind worms, but spiders give me the heebie-jeebies.

give someone heebie jeebies
(deyim) An American English idiom used to describe depression or anxiety. This can be as an after-effect of excessive alcohol intake or to describe a particular type of anxiety usually related to a certain person or place. For example, "He gives me the heebie jeebies", meaning "He makes me uncomfortably nervous". It can also refer to a particular form of intense apprehension, verging on horror, that is associated with opiate withdrawal
heebie jeebies
(deyim) An American English idiom used to describe depression or anxiety. This can be as an after-effect of excessive alcohol intake or to describe a particular type of anxiety usually related to a certain person or place. For example, "He gives me the heebie jeebies", meaning "He makes me uncomfortably nervous". It can also refer to a particular form of intense apprehension, verging on horror, that is associated with opiate withdrawal
heebie jeebies
(Slang) excessive nervousness, jitters
heebie-jeebies

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    hee·bie-jee·bies

    Etymologie

    () 1923, coined by American cartoonist Billy De Beck in his comic strip Barney Google.
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