make someone's hair curl

make (one's) hair curl

To cause one to experience an acute feeling of shame, embarrassment, or discomfort. Her story about the disastrous wedding made everyone's hair curl. The thought of having to give her presentation in front of an audience made her hair curl.

make someone's hair curl

shock or horrify someone. informal

This expression may have developed in the mid 20th century as a dramatic or humorous variation of make someone's hair stand on end (see hair).

词组	make someone's hair curl
释义	make someone's hair curl make (one's) hair curl To cause one to experience an acute feeling of shame, embarrassment, or discomfort. Her story about the disastrous wedding made everyone's hair curl. The thought of having to give her presentation in front of an audience made her hair curl. See also: curl, hair, make Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. make someone's hair curl shock or horrify someone. informal This expression may have developed in the mid 20th century as a dramatic or humorous variation of make someone's hair stand on end (see hair). See also: curl, hair, make Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: make (one's) hair curl make somebody's hair curl make your hair curl make your toes curl make somebody's toes curl make someone's toes curl make (one's) toes curl out of curl spare somebody's feelings sparing
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