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GOOSE BUMPS or GOOSE PIMPLES.

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[goose bumps] or [goose pimples] {n. plural}, {informal} Small bumps that come on a person's skin when he gets cold or afraid. * /Nancy gets goose bumps when she sees […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[gone goose] also [gone gosling] {n.}, {slang} A person for whom there is no hope. * /Herbert's grades have been so low that he is a gone goose for the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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