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Smart English Tips

by Gyanvitaranam

Don’t get in his hair

  Here is a list of idioms derived from the word ‘hair’..... Make someone’s hair stand on end = terrify someone.

The horror film really made my hair stand on end.

Curl someone’s hair = frighten or shock someone. The thought of having to live alone in a haunted bungalow curled my hair.

Get in someone’s hair = annoy someone; disturb someone by being near them for a long period.

I should get something to keep the kids occupied so that they don’t get in my hair while I’m working.

Not a hair out of place = if you don’t have a hair out of place, your appearance is very tidy She turned up as immaculate as ever, not a hair out of place.

A hair’s breadth = a very small distance or amount We shall not give up now – success is within a hair’s breadth.

Monsoon is here

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