10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TEAR ONE'S HAIR»
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tear one's hair in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
Fleck: mach' dir/ macht euch/... nur keinen Fleck(en)ins Hemd to tear one's hair
out Haare: sich die Haare raufen it/s.th. is enough to make you tear your hair out
Heulen: das/es ist zum Heulen(mit jm./etw.) it makes one wantto tear one's
hairout ...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
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The Nelson Contemporary English Dictionary
... make a petty distinction tear one's hair out to show annoyance or grief to a hair
to a point of precision hairbreadth (har'bredthl n an extremely small distance adj
a hairbreadth escape hairbrush (har'brushl n a grooming brush for hair haircloth
...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
... HAIR sTAND ON END; PUT LEAD IN ONE's PENCIL (HAIR 0N ONE's CHEsT);
sPLIT HAIRs; TEAR ONE's HAIR; TURN A HAIR. hair of the dog that bit you
Whatever made you ill used as a remedy, especially alcohol as a hangover cure.
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The Chambers Dictionary
... to depart hurriedly; to compose or produce hurriedly; tear one's hair formerly, to
be reduced by grief or rage to tearing out handfuls of one's hair; to reach an
extreme pitch of frenzy and frustration; tear up. to remove violently from a fixed
state; ...
4. sigh, moan, bemoan, bewail, lament, keen, mourn, grieve; fret, worry over, tear
one's hair out, beat one's head against a brick wall. 5. creak, squeak, screech,
grate, resound harshly. 6. be overloaded, be overburdened, be weighed down, ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
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The Sterling Book of Idioms
... her hair stand on end. without tuming a hair without showing any emotion or
surprise It 's surprising he never turned a hair when he was told about his father 's
death. to tear one's hair (out) to be desperate; unbearably frustrated He has been
...
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Concise English Dictionary
... speak or behave freely; make someone's hair curl to shock someone: make
someone's hair stand on end to frighten or astonish someone; not turn a hair not
to be ruffled or disturbed; split hairs to make superfine distinctions, tear one's hair
to ...
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A Dictionary, Spanish and English, and English and Spanish: ...
Arrancdrje los cabelios, to tear one's hair. CABELLOSO, \ adj. thick or full as hair,
CABELLVDO,\ hairy. CABER, v. n. to be contained in another thing, to be fit or
capable to be contained. No cabir en Ji de gozo, not to be able to contain one's ...
Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti, 1800
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Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
tear one's hair out to show extreme irritation or anxiety. • to a hair exactly. © Anglo
-Saxon hser. hair-brained see HARE-BRAINED hairbrush t- noun a brush for
smoothing and arranging one's hair. haircare c* noun the care of the hair. Also as
...
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Diccionario Espanol E Ingles; A Dictionary, English and Spanish
Arranclirzst' los cabellas , to tear one's hair. CABELLOCSO, adj. thick or
CABELLUDO, full of hair , hairy. CABFR , v. n. to be contained in another thing ,
to he fit or capable to be contained. No cabzr enfl de gdzo , not to be able to
contain one's ...
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【睇英超學英文】雲高爾tear his hair out？
tear one's hair out是一片語，從字面上看，就是指一個人憤怒得要把頭髮都扯下來。 未知雲高爾對此blistering attack有否tear his hair out？始終只是過了5個月，便下 ... «now 新聞, Jan 15»
Indian retail landscape undergoes sea-change
There is no need to tear one's hair on this. Difference in approach. While new big retailers are cropping up every other day, there is one general common thread ... «Fibre2fashion.com, Nov 07»
