tear your hair out

tear your hair out
   If someone is tearing their hair out, they are extremely worried or agitated about something.
  (Dorking School Dictionary)

English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.

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  • tear your hair out — tear/pull/your hair out informal phrase to feel very worried or very annoyed about something because you do not know what to do about it Thesaurus: to be, or to become angry or annoyedsynonym to worry or feel nervous about somethingsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • tear (your) hair (out) — to be extremely worried or upset about something. I got my new tax bill and decided I could tear my hair or move, so I ve decided to sell and move. Companies are pulling their hair out trying to decide how to deal with these new regulations …   New idioms dictionary

  • tear your hair out — If someone is tearing their hair out, they are extremely worried or agitated about something …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • tear your hair (out) — tear your ˈhair (out) idiom (informal) to show that you are very angry or anxious about sth • She s keeping very calm anyone else would be tearing their hair out. Main entry: ↑tearidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • pull/tear (your) hair out — to be very anxious about something. I ve been tearing my hair out trying to get the job finished on time. (often in continuous tenses) …   New idioms dictionary

  • pull your hair out — tear/pull/your hair out informal phrase to feel very worried or very annoyed about something because you do not know what to do about it Thesaurus: to be, or to become angry or annoyedsynonym to worry or feel nervous about somethingsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • tear — 1 noun 1 (C) a drop of salty liquid that flows from your eye when you are crying: Tears just rolled down his face. | tear stained cheeks | (be) in tears (=crying): My wife actually broke down in tears telling me. | burst into tears (=suddenly… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • hair — noun 1 (U) the mass of things like fine threads that grows on your head: She brushed her hair. | I must get my hair cut it s getting too long. | blond/red/dark hair: Emma s the one with the red hair. | short/long/shoulder length hair: Jane has… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Cut Your Hair — Cover art for Cut Your Hair Single by Pavement from the album Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain …   Wikipedia

  • hair — [ her ] noun *** uncount the thing that grows on your head in a mass of thin fibers: long black hair a girl with dark shoulder length hair He wore his hair in a ponytail. You need to brush your hair before you go out. a. uncount hair that grows… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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