turn one's head

turn one's head idiom
  1. Cause to become infatuated, as in The new teacher turned all the girls' heads. [Mid-1800s]
  2. Cause to become conceited, as in Winning that prize has turned his head. A 16th-century translator of Seneca used this phrase: “His head was turned by too great success” (Ad Lucullus, 1571).

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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