turn one's head

turn (one's) head

1. To avoid paying attention to something uncomfortable, undesirable, unsafe, or inconvenient. We all knew that what the board of directors was doing was wrong, but we all just turned our heads because we were still profiting from it. Everyone turned their heads when we raised concerns years ago, and look at what happened as a result!

2. To cause one to suddenly become fixated or infatuated. She spent all summer exercising and changing her eating habits, and she turned everyone's heads when she came back to school that fall.

3. To cause one to become arrogant, conceited, or self-important. He's a pretty mediocre writer, but getting published in that literary journal seems to have turned his head.

turn one's head

1. Cause to become infatuated, as in The new teacher turned all the girls' heads. [Mid-1800s]

2. Cause to become conceited, as in Winning that prize has turned his head. A 16th-century translator of Seneca used this phrase: "His head was turned by too great success" ( Ad Lucullus, 1571).

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释义	turn one's head turn (one's) head 1. To avoid paying attention to something uncomfortable, undesirable, unsafe, or inconvenient. We all knew that what the board of directors was doing was wrong, but we all just turned our heads because we were still profiting from it. Everyone turned their heads when we raised concerns years ago, and look at what happened as a result! 2. To cause one to suddenly become fixated or infatuated. She spent all summer exercising and changing her eating habits, and she turned everyone's heads when she came back to school that fall. 3. To cause one to become arrogant, conceited, or self-important. He's a pretty mediocre writer, but getting published in that literary journal seems to have turned his head. See also: head, turn Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. turn one's head 1. Cause to become infatuated, as in The new teacher turned all the girls' heads. [Mid-1800s] 2. Cause to become conceited, as in Winning that prize has turned his head. A 16th-century translator of Seneca used this phrase: "His head was turned by too great success" ( Ad Lucullus, 1571). See also: head, turn The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: turn (one's) head turn head turn somebody's head turn someone's head You got to do what you got to do you have to do what you have to do you('ve) got to do what you('ve) got to do you('ve) gotta do what you('ve) gotta do dodge dodge a bullet References in periodicals archive In time, prolonged sitting in this posture can even limit the ability to turn one's head. Here's what you can do to reduce backache from computer use It would be far easier to simply nod and turn one's head. Thanks for the conversation: let's keep talking it through Background such as glass walls and having to turn one's head and body increase the difficulty in picking up the ball and staying focused on it. Eyes on the prize--and the ball Simply to turn one's head and walk away without tipping over requires the coordination of what one sees, hears, and feels, at the very least, he asserts. Joined at the Senses Thus "even to learn to turn one's head towards a sound ... Approaches to Intentionality One of the joys of being a physicist is that one can turn one's head from the evil to contemplate a pattern that seems at first terribly abstract, but in the end may be more real than predation or cancer or nuclear war. Games physicists play
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