I’m happy to say I didn’t tear my hair out putting this collection of idioms together! Yes, this time the sayings are all about hair – which, as you’ll see, can indicate desperation, frustration, horror… or simply that we’re perfectly calm and collected.

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  • To splite hairs = To focus too much on the details
  • To tear your hair out = To be desperate, frustrated
  • To make someone's hair stand on end = To alarm or horrify them
  • Hair-raising = shocking, horrifying
  • Without turning a hair = Without getting flustered or worried
  • A bit hairy = A bit dangerous or stressful
  • A hair's breadth = a very small margin or distance
  • To get in someone's hair = To bother or annoy them
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