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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
... teacher's questions in turn. not turn a hair ( in/) to be calm and unsurprised : / /.
didn 't turn a hair when she told him she had spent all his money. on the turn 1 (of
the tide etc) in the process of turning: The tide is on the turn. 2 (in/) (of milk etc) ...
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Multi-Functional English-Chinese Dictionary
Phrase: not turn a hair — j^stfe^'l^^yTdian ye bu huang zhang Example: He saw
a robber in a quiet corner, but he did not turn a hair.fe-^ff££h , W M^^.%^M^M3Lo
zai yl ge pi jlng zhT chu, ta yu dao yl ge jie fei, dan ta xian de yT dian ye bu ...
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Common Phrases: And the Amazing Stories Behind Them
An alphabetical listing of common figures of speech, along with their definitions and origins.
To not turn a hair means not to show any emotion like fear, surprise or excitement
, even under unusual circumstances. Find out the meanings of the following
phrases and use them in sentence** ot vour own. Write the sentences down in
your ...
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
Sam was irreverent, not to say rude. not turn a hair nuk i leviz as nje fije floku, nuk
tregon kurrfare frike, habie etj. □ "What do you think of her?' 'Fascinating.' 'I'1l tell
her that, she won't turn a hair. ' □ // was a swingeing sentence he got but he ...
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Chambers Pocket Dictionary
make someone's hair stand on end (coll) to frighten someone. — not turn a hair to
remain calm. — split hairs to make small, unimportant distinctions or quibbles. [
OE hxr] hairbrush n a brush for smoothing and arranging one's hair. haircut n the
...
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
See NO PROBLEM. not turn a hair ) See TURN A HAIR. not up to D See UP T0.
not worth a damn Also, not worth a plugged nickel or red cent or bean or hill of
beans or fig or straw or tinker's damn. Worthless, as in That car isn't worth a damn
, ...
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Writing Unseen Commentaries:
A Student Help Book
L To be buried in lava and not turn a hair, it is then a man shows what stuff he is
made of. To know he can do better next time, unrecognizably better, and that
there is no next time, and that it is a blessing there is not, there is a thought to be
...
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Trapped in Thought:
A Study of the Beckettian Mentality
This view of moral suffering is sneeringly invoked by Malone, in the same
passage mentioning "[c]atastrophe in the ancient sense": "To be buried in lava
and not turn a hair, it is then a man shows what stuff he is made of." Beckettian
mimesis ...
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Mogreb-el-Acksa:
A Journey in Morocco
The negro did not turn a hair, but was just starting to abuse Lutaif, when, in my
capacity of a Sherif, I rode up and cursed him for a dog for getting between the
gun and the partridge Lutaif was firing at. This made things right, and the poor
man ...
R. B. Cunninghame Graham, 1997
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Israeli Unit Crosses Lebanese Withdrawal Line near Shebaa Farms
... for ten minutes, and then withdrew," the correspondent reported, noting that the Indian Brigade did not turn a hair regarding the Israeli move. «Fars News Agency, Авг 14»
Commuter spy: in someone else's shoes
He was a man who would not turn a hair at having to remove said wellies upon arrival to work, find a place for them under the desk all day, and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Фев 14»
The POSTman Knocks Twice: The 19-gun salute
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Vladimir Jurowski Brings the London Philharmonic to New York
Not only does he not turn a hair even in the most intensely difficult passages, his music inexorably flows forward, even when the music itself ... «Huffington Post, Мар 13»
