itchy all over
- idiom
:
picazón por todo el cuerpo
- When I have an allergic reaction, I often get itchy all over and need to take antihistamines.
Examples
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I'm on the methadone, and the methadone used to make me itchy all over.
Fiction book (1996) -
After running through the tall grass, I felt itchy all over from the bug bites.
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The sunburn made me feel itchy all over, so I applied lotion to soothe my skin.
Antonyms
How Itchy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'itchy' (an unpleasant skin sensation) with the distributive locative 'all over' (throughout the body), so the meaning 'experiencing itchiness across the whole body' is directly derivable from the constituents. This adjective + 'all over' compositional pattern is common in English and cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows the parts would readily understand it.
Etymology
Itchy all over gives a simple image: imagine small bites or tiny insects making your skin itchy on every part. That's why it means 'feeling itchy all over' or having uncomfortable itches across the whole body.