10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GET IN SOMEONE'S HAIR»
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
... peeve, rile, get under someone's skin, get in someone's hair, get up someone's
nose, hack off, get someone's goat; Brit. informal nark, get on someone's wick,
give someone the hump, wind up, get across; N.Amer. informal rankle, ride,
gravel ...
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Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
6 a locking spring or other safety mechanism on a firearm. • hairless adj. •
hairlessness noun. • bairlike adj. • hairy see separate entry. • get in someone's
hair colhq to annoy them incessantly. • a hair of the dog (that bit one) colhq an
alcoholic ...
hair get in (someone's) hair (in/) to annoy (someone): During the school holidays
the children keep getting in my hair. hair of the dog (inf facet) an alcoholic drink
taken in the morning by someone who has drunk too much the night before: He ...
to a hair ; tell*Jl8 (You described the character of the heroine to a *°) to get in
someone's hair (J SAiSSy^F'R ; ffiKAIg* (They got in my hair when 1 was trying to
take a nap by crying and shouting.SJE*ltTfiBiBtB#<t!ifP5§PX5l to harm a hair of ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
hair get in (someone's) hair (inf) to annoy (someone): During the school holidays
the children keep getting in my hair. hair of the dog (inf facet) an alcoholic drink
taken in the morning by someone who has drunk too much the night before: He ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
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Chambers Pocket Dictionary
adj hairless. — get in someone's hair (coll) to annoy someone. — a hair of the
dog (coll) an alcoholic drink taken as a cure for a hangover. — keep one's hair on
(coll) to remain calm and not get angry. — let one's hair down (coll) to enjoy
onself ...
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
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Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
... infuriate, madden, provoke, pester, rub the wrong way; informal aggravate,
hassle, miff, rile, needle, get to, bug, get in someone's hair, get under someone's
skin, get someone's dander up, rattle someone's cage, get/put someone's back
up, ...
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Concise English Dictionary
a hair of the dog that hit him a smaller dose of that which caused the trouble: a
morning glass after a night's debauch — a homoeopathic dose, by the short hairs
in a powerless position, at one's mercy; get in someone's hair (coll.) to become a
...
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1001 IDIOMS TO MASTER YOUR ENGLISH
Get in someone's hair—To annoy someone, especially by being continually
present E.g. She finds her children get in her hair during their school holidays.
Keep your hair on—Remain calm; do not get annoyed E.g. I tried to keep my hair
on ...
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Chambers concise dictionary
... by the short hairs in a powerless situation or at someone's mercy, get in
someone's hair colloq to annoy them incessantly, keep your hair on! colloq keep
calm and don't get angry, let one's hair down colloq to enjoy oneself or behave
without ...
