Meaning of curl someone's hair | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To frighten, dismay, or excite someone thoroughly.
   idiomatic
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see curl, someone's, hair.

Examples

“"I'm not hankering for the dramatic in life, but we had a run last night that would curl your hair."”

“"Tell the son-of-a-gun for me that next time we meet I'll curl his hair right."”

“"I'd have written him such a letter as would have curled his hair."”

“After I printed that letter the volume of mail I received from survivors of child sexual abuse curled my hair.”

“Yanking open the door to the bathroom, I was greeted with a stink foul enough to curl my hair.”

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