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Senior Joined: Mar 16, 2009 Posts: 29

Some other “hairy” idioms:
to split hairs - “to dissect a subject down to the most trivial and unimportant details.” I want to give the go ahead and all you want to do is split hairs about what color the tags should be.

hair-brained - “foolish, ditzy.” The expression originates from the erratic behavior of hares and is more properly spelled harebrained. However, the spelling hair-brained is quite common. I never heard of a more harebrained idea in my life!

hair of the dog - short for “hair of the dog that bit you.” In modern usage it refers to the notion that a person with a hangover can cure himself by drinking in the morning what he was drinking the night before. The expression originates in an ancient homeopathic cure for the bite of a mad dog. Pliny the Elder gives several remedies, one of which is to rub into the wound ash, prepared by burning, “from the hair under the tail of the mad dog itself.”

by a hair’s breadth - “by a narrow margin.” He escaped death by a hair’s breadth. Possible origin: a formal unit of measurement called a hairbreadth, equal to one-forty-eighth of an inch. Rolling Eyes

Professional Joined: Sep 17, 2008 Posts: 71

These idioms are so fun. But they are quite rare.

Expert Joined: Sep 11, 2008 Posts: 153

yeah these idioms are interesting, i think I am in love with idioms related to body Laughing

Professional Joined: Sep 11, 2008 Posts: 57

these idioms are very funny. However, this is the first time I have known them. And one more thing, maybe in real life, just few people use them in daily interactions.

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