hair

hair idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with hair, also see bad hair day; by a hair; by the short hairs; fair-haired boy; get gray hair from; hang by a thread (hair); hide or hair; in someone's hair; let one's hair down; make one's hair stand on end; put lead in one's pencil (hair on one's chest); split hairs; tear one's hair; turn a hair.

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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