Significato: bracket creep

(Economia) aumento del peso tributario relativamente all'aumento del reddito (operazione anti inflazionistica)

CREEP Idioma

creep

strange person, pervert, weirdo What a creep! He looks like a stray dog!

give me the creeps

cause me to feel scared or uncomfortable Damon looks like a ghost. He gives me the creeps.

creepy-crawly

an insect, spider, worm etc.

give sb the creeps

Idiom(s): give someone the creeps AND give someone the willies

Theme: FRIGHT

to make someone uneasy; to frighten someone.
• That old house gives me the creeps.
• That strange old man gives him the willies.

get the creeps

Idiom(s): get the creeps AND get the willies

Theme: FRIGHT

to become frightened; to become uneasy. (Slang.)
• I get the creeps when I see that old house.
• I really had the willies when I went down into the basement.

creep up on|creep

v. 1. To crawl towards; move along near the ground; steal cautiously towards so as not to be seen or noticed. The mouse did not see the snake creeping up on it over the rocks. Indians were creeping up on the house through the bushes. 2. or sneak up on To come little by little; arrive slowly and unnoticed. The woman's hair was turning gray as age crept up on her. Winter is creeping up on us little by little. The boys didn't notice the darkness creeping up on them while they were playing.
Compare: COME OVER.

the creeps|creeps

n., informal 1. An uncomfortable tightening of the skin caused by fear or shock. Reading the story of a ghost gave Joe the creeps. The queer noises in the old house gave Mary the creeps. 2. A strong feeling of fear or disgust. The cold, damp, lonely swamp gave John the creeps. The dog was so ugly it gave Mary the creeps.

creep up on

creep up on
Advance slowly or stealthily, as in The cat crept up on the bird, or Autumn is creeping up on us. This expression is recorded in slightly different form— creep in or creep on—from the 15th century on. One of the Hymns to the Virgin and Christ (c. 1430) has “Now age has cropen [crept] up on me ful stille.”

give the creeps

give the creeps
see the creeps.

make one's flesh creep

make one's flesh creep
Also, make one's skin crawl. Cause one to shudder with disgust or fear, as in That picture makes my flesh creep, or Cockroaches make my skin crawl. This idiom alludes to the feeling of having something crawl over one's body or skin. The first term appeared in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1727): “Something in their countenance made my flesh creep with a horror I cannot express.” The variant dates from the late 1800s.

the creeps

the creeps
Also, the willies. A sensation of horror or repugnance, as in That weird man gives me the creeps, or I get the willies when I hear that dirge music. The first of these colloquial terms alludes to a sensation of something crawling on one's skin. Charles Dickens used it in David Copperfield (1849) to describe a physical ailment: “She was constantly complaining of the cold and of its occasioning a visitation in her back, which she called ‘the creeps.’” But soon after it was used to describe fear and loathing. The variant dates from the late 1800s, and both its allusion and origin are unclear.