turn somebody'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 somebody’s ˈhead
(of success, praise, etc.) make a person feel too proud in a way that other people find annoying: You’d better stop giving me all these compliments, or you’ll turn my head!See also: head, turn
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- turn (one's) head
- turn head
- turn one'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