go to one's head

go to one's head idiom
  1. Make one dizzy or drunk, as in Wine always goes to her head. [c. 1900]
  2. Make one proud or vain, as in All this money is going to his head. [Early 1900s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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