give somebody the horrors
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgive somebody the horrorsgive somebody the horrorsFRIGHTENEDto make someone feel unreasonably frightened or nervous → horrorExamples from the Corpusgive somebody the horrors• But she had told Dorothy, who had told the parents, that Ben gave her the horrors.• The thought of soiled nappies and vomit on my clothes gives me the horrors.