jump in one's skin

Meaning: (idiomatic)Tostartwithfright.1881–1882,Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 4, inTreasure Island, London; Paris:Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883,→OCLC:The neighborhood, to our ears, seemed haunted by approaching footsteps; and what between the dead body of the captain on the parlor floor, and the thought of that detestable blind beggar hovering near at hand, and ready to return, there were moments when, as the saying goes, Ijumped in my skinfor terror.

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