go to one's head

go to (one's) head

1. Of an accomplishment, to cause one to become arrogant. Yeah, you did a good job on that project, but don't let it go to your head.
2. To cause one to feel dizzy or tipsy. If I don't eat something, this drink will go right to my head.
See also: go, head
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

go to someone's head

 
1. Fig. [for something, such as fame or success] to make someone conceited. Don't let all this praise go to your head. Too much success will go to her head.
2. Fig. [for alcohol] to affect someone's brain. That last glass of champagne went right to her head. Any kind of liquor goes to my head.
See also: go, head
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

go to one's head

1. Make one dizzy or drunk, as in Wine always goes to her head. [c. 1900]
2. Make one proud or vain, as in All this money is going to his head. [Early 1900s]
See also: go, head
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

go to one's head, to

To be unduly influenced by praise or success. This expression, which likens the effect of praise to that of alcoholic beverages, dates from the twentieth century. The OED cites its appearance in Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Niggers (published in the United States as And Then There Were None, 1939): “He’s played God Almighty for a good many months. . . . That must go to a man’s head eventually.”
See also: go
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • go to (one's) head
  • go to head
  • go to your head
  • make (one) sweat
  • give (one) a rough ride
  • have/give somebody a rough/an easy ride
  • give (one) pause
  • give pause
  • pause
  • mess with (one's) head
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Power and mandate is an intoxication that can go to one's head. A real statesman is one who becomes humbled by such things, who keeps sycophants at bay and who listens to the advice of sensible, patriotic people of substance, no matter how bitter and hard it is.
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Leveraging history's lessons means not letting success go to one's head or mistakes to one's heart.
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IT'S perhaps understandable that fame, wealth and an army of adoring female fans can go to one's head.
There's Jamie's way .. then there's the WRONG way; HE'S SO IN CONTROL HE CAN SPEND 45 MINUTES GOING ON ABOUT HIMSELF