stand on end

ponerse de punta, erizarse

Levantarse el pelo y quedar de punta, a menudo por miedo.

En inglés sencillo: If hair does this, it rises straight up, often because of fear.

• The scream made my hair stand on end.
• His hair stood on end when he heard footsteps behind him.
• These ghost stories always make the hairs on my neck stand on end.

Cómo se usa: make someone’s hair stand on end (That strange scream made my hair stand on end.)

Sinónimos: bristle

Expresiones frecuentes: hair stand on end, hairs stand on end

poner de pie, colocar verticalmente

Poner un objeto en posición vertical, apoyado sobre uno de sus extremos.

En inglés sencillo: To put an object upright so that it rests on one of its ends.

• Stand the box on end.
• We stood the long boards on end in the shed.
• Can you stand this barrel on end?

Cómo se usa: stand something on end (Stand the mattress on end against the wall.)

Sinónimos: stand upright

Antónimos: lay flat

Expresiones frecuentes: stand on end, stand something on end