50 Idioms for Hair With Meanings & Sentences
Idioms for Hair
1. Let your hair down
Meaning: To relax and be yourself.
In a Sentence: After the exams, we finally let our hair down and had fun.
Other Ways to Say: Unwind, chill out, take it easy.
2. Hair-raising
Meaning: Very frightening or alarming.
In a Sentence: The horror movie was so hair-raising that Tim couldn’t sleep at night.
Other Ways to Say: Terrifying, spine-chilling, scary.
3. Get in someone’s hair
Meaning: To annoy or bother someone.
In a Sentence: The little brother kept getting in his sister’s hair while she was trying to study.
Other Ways to Say: Bother, irritate, pester.
4. Not a hair out of place
Meaning: Looking very neat and tidy.
In a Sentence: She arrived at the party with not a hair out of place.
Other Ways to Say: Perfectly groomed, flawless, neat as a pin.
5. Split hairs
Meaning: To argue about very small or unimportant details.
In a Sentence: We shouldn’t split hairs over who said what during the meeting.
Other Ways to Say: Nitpick, be overly precise, quibble.
6. Make your hair stand on end
Meaning: To frighten or shock someone.
In a Sentence: The haunted house made my hair stand on end.
Other Ways to Say: Scare stiff, terrify, give chills.
7. Bad hair day
Meaning: A day when everything goes wrong or you feel off.
In a Sentence: I missed my bus, spilled coffee, and had a bad hair day.
Other Ways to Say: Off day, rough day, unlucky day.
8. Keep your hair on
Meaning: Stay calm and don’t get angry.
In a Sentence: Keep your hair on, it’s just a small mistake.
Other Ways to Say: Calm down, relax, don’t lose your temper.
9. Tear your hair out
Meaning: To be very frustrated or anxious.
In a Sentence: She was tearing her hair out trying to meet the deadline.
Other Ways to Say: Get stressed, worry, be anxious.
10. Let one’s hair grow gray
Meaning: To age naturally without covering it up.
In a Sentence: She decided to let her hair grow gray and embrace her age.
Other Ways to Say: Age gracefully, go natural.
11. By a hair
Meaning: Just barely; very narrowly.
In a Sentence: He escaped the accident by a hair.
Other Ways to Say: Just in time, barely, narrowly.
12. Pull your hair out
Meaning: To be extremely frustrated.
In a Sentence: I was pulling my hair out trying to fix the computer.
Other Ways to Say: Lose patience, get mad, feel helpless.
13. Get a hair cut
Meaning: To become more responsible or act maturely (used informally).
In a Sentence: It’s time you got a haircut and found a job.
Other Ways to Say: Grow up, act your age, be responsible.
14. Gray hair moment
Meaning: A moment of forgetfulness or confusion.
In a Sentence: I had a gray hair moment and forgot where I parked.
Other Ways to Say: Mental lapse, brain fog.
15. Hair of the dog
Meaning: Drinking alcohol to cure a hangover.
In a Sentence: He had a shot of vodka as the hair of the dog after the party.
Other Ways to Say: Hangover cure, remedy.
16. Not worth the hair on your head
Meaning: Completely worthless.
In a Sentence: That old phone isn’t worth the hair on your head.
Other Ways to Say: Worthless, useless.
17. Keep your hair on straight
Meaning: Stay calm and think clearly.
In a Sentence: Even in crisis, she kept her hair on straight and made good decisions.
Other Ways to Say: Stay composed, think straight.
18. Let your hair go wild
Meaning: To stop caring about appearance or rules.
In a Sentence: He let his hair go wild during vacation and didn’t shave.
Other Ways to Say: Go free, be wild.
19. Dressed to the nines with hair done up
Meaning: Looking very elegant and well-groomed.
In a Sentence: She arrived dressed to the nines with her hair perfectly done up.
Other Ways to Say: Looking stunning, well-dressed.
20. Throw your hair back
Meaning: To express pride or confidence.
In a Sentence: She threw her hair back and walked into the meeting like a boss.
Other Ways to Say: Show confidence, own the room.
21. Hair today, gone tomorrow
Meaning: Something temporary or fleeting.
In a Sentence: That new trend is hair today, gone tomorrow.
Other Ways to Say: Short-lived, passing, temporary.
22. Up to your hairline in work
Meaning: Extremely busy or overwhelmed.
In a Sentence: I’m up to my hairline in assignments this week.
Other Ways to Say: Overloaded, swamped, buried in work.
23. Like pulling teeth (or hair)
Meaning: Very difficult or unpleasant.
In a Sentence: Getting him to talk was like pulling hair.
Other Ways to Say: Hard work, a struggle, painful effort.
24. Hair like a bird’s nest
Meaning: Very messy or tangled hair.
In a Sentence: He woke up with his hair looking like a bird’s nest.
Other Ways to Say: Messy, untidy, wild.
25. Hair down to your waist
Meaning: Very long hair.
In a Sentence: Her hair was so long it reached down to her waist.
Other Ways to Say: Long hair, flowing hair.
26. Comb every hair in place
Meaning: Extremely neat and tidy appearance.
In a Sentence: He combed every hair in place before the interview.
Other Ways to Say: Perfectly styled, well-groomed.
27. Split hairs
Meaning: To argue or worry about very small differences or unimportant details.
In a Sentence: Stop splitting hairs and just agree to the plan already.
Other Ways to Say: Nitpick, overanalyze, quibble.
28. Bad hair day
Meaning: A day when everything seems to go wrong.
In a Sentence: I spilled coffee and missed the bus—it’s definitely a bad hair day.
Other Ways to Say: Off day, rough morning, everything gone wrong.
29. Let your hair down
Meaning: To relax and enjoy yourself.
In a Sentence: After finals, the students finally let their hair down at the party.
Other Ways to Say: Unwind, loosen up, take it easy.
30. Keep your hair on
Meaning: Stay calm and don’t get angry.
In a Sentence: Keep your hair on! It’s not a big deal.
Other Ways to Say: Chill out, don’t panic, stay calm.
31. Not a hair out of place
Meaning: Someone who looks perfectly groomed or tidy.
In a Sentence: Even after the windy walk, she had not a hair out of place.
Other Ways to Say: Immaculate, flawless, well-groomed.
32. Let your hair grow gray
Meaning: To age naturally without hiding signs of aging.
In a Sentence: She proudly let her hair grow gray, embracing her age.
Other Ways to Say: Age gracefully, be natural, go gray.
33. Hair-trigger temper
Meaning: A tendency to become angry very easily.
In a Sentence: Be careful, he has a hair-trigger temper when things go wrong.
Other Ways to Say: Short-tempered, quick to anger, irritable.
34. Tear your hair out
Meaning: To be extremely frustrated or worried.
In a Sentence: He was tearing his hair out trying to finish the report on time.
Other Ways to Say: Stress out, get frustrated, panic.
35. Keep your hair on your head
Meaning: Remain calm in stressful situations.
In a Sentence: I know the situation is tough, but try to keep your hair on your head.
Other Ways to Say: Stay composed, don’t lose your cool, remain steady.
36. Grey hair moment
Meaning: A stressful or shocking experience that might make you feel older.
In a Sentence: That near-miss on the highway was a real grey hair moment.
Other Ways to Say: Scary time, shocking experience, stressful event.
37. Hair of the dog
Meaning: A small amount of alcohol taken to relieve a hangover.
In a Sentence: He drank a little hair of the dog after the wild party.
Other Ways to Say: Hangover remedy, recovery drink, cure.
38. By a hair’s breadth
Meaning: By a very small margin; barely.
In a Sentence: She escaped the accident by a hair’s breadth.
Other Ways to Say: Just barely, narrowly, by a sliver.
39. Hair stands on end
Meaning: To feel frightened or shocked.
In a Sentence: The eerie silence made my hair stand on end.
Other Ways to Say: Terrified, creeped out, chilled to the bone.
40. Hang by a hair
Meaning: To be in a dangerous or unstable situation.
In a Sentence: His job was hanging by a hair after the mistake.
Other Ways to Say: At risk, in jeopardy, on thin ice.
41. Pull out your hair
Meaning: To be very worried or frustrated.
In a Sentence: She was pulling out her hair trying to meet the deadline.
Other Ways to Say: Extremely stressed, anxious, freaking out.
42. Hair in your soup
Meaning: Something small that ruins an otherwise good situation.
In a Sentence: His rude comment was the hair in the soup of an otherwise lovely dinner.
Other Ways to Say: Spoilsport, buzzkill, dampener.
43. Blow your hair back
Meaning: To surprise or impress someone greatly.
In a Sentence: That performance really blew my hair back!
Other Ways to Say: Amaze, stun, impress.
44. To be all over someone like a bad hairpiece
Meaning: To be annoyingly close or clingy to someone.
In a Sentence: That salesperson was all over me like a bad hairpiece.
Other Ways to Say: Clingy, pushy, suffocating.
45. Hair today, gone tomorrow
Meaning: Something temporary or quickly gone.
In a Sentence: His interest in painting was hair today, gone tomorrow.
Other Ways to Say: Fleeting, short-lived, temporary.
46. Not worth a hair
Meaning: Of no value or importance.
In a Sentence: His opinion is not worth a hair in this decision.
Other Ways to Say: Worthless, insignificant, doesn’t matter.
47. Makes your hair curl
Meaning: Something shocking or horrifying.
In a Sentence: The details of the crime would make your hair curl.
Other Ways to Say: Shocking, appalling, spine-tingling.
48. In the hair business
Meaning: Working in the field of hairstyling or barbering.
In a Sentence: She’s been in the hair business for over 15 years.
Other Ways to Say: Hairstylist, barber, salon worker.
49. Give someone the hairy eyeball
Meaning: To look at someone with suspicion or disapproval.
In a Sentence: The teacher gave him the hairy eyeball after the prank.
Other Ways to Say: Glare, suspicious look, stink eye.
50. Throw your hair back and laugh
Meaning: To laugh heartily and freely.
In a Sentence: She threw her hair back and laughed without a care in the world.
Other Ways to Say: Laugh out loud, burst out laughing, giggle freely.
