turn someone'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 someone's head

make someone conceited.

turn someone's head, to

To influence someone’s mind-set, particularly so as to make him or her conceited. Seneca had the idea (and his translator the phrase) almost two thousand years ago (Ad Lucilium): “His head was turned by too great success.”

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释义	turn someone'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 someone's head make someone conceited. See also: head, turn Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary turn someone's head, to To influence someone’s mind-set, particularly so as to make him or her conceited. Seneca had the idea (and his translator the phrase) almost two thousand years ago (Ad Lucilium): “His head was turned by too great success.” See also: turn The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: turn (one's) head turn head turn one's head turn somebody'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 You don't have to spend hundreds of pounds to turn someone's head or go on a date today. STARS One player has been reported as saying that he hates England and its people which, if true, would be an example of how greed and too much money can turn someone's head. RAY KENYON, Stocksfield, Northumberland Spoilt players were just not up to it; VOICE OF THE NORTH I want to turn someone's head, my grandfather's maybe, or my Self-Portrait as a Moment in 1963 As you radiate this magic, you can turn someone's head or get chatted up. Your Stars
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