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Mr. Tom Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Crabby and turn a hair

Hi

Are these common in everyday English?

Crabby = irritable = Don't be so crabby.
Turn a hair (idiom)

Thanks

Tom
  

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I would say they are not uncommon in BrE.

— Fivejedjon

  • I would say they are not uncommon in BrE.
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I would say they are not uncommon in BrE.
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Mr. TomCrabby = irritable = Don't be so crabby.
Very common in the US. I've heard it all my life, and it doesn't seem to be losing popularity.
Mr. TomTurn a hair (idiom)
Never heard it. What is it supposed to mean?

CJ
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turn a hair


  1. : to give a sign of distress or disturbance <did not turn a hair when told of the savage murder — Times Literary Supplement>

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turn%20a%20hair
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fivejedjondid not turn a hair when told of the savage murder
Hmm. OK. I don't suppose it's used in the affirmative then.

Thanks for saving me the trouble of looking it up myself.
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I thought it might be related to "didn't touch a hair", which I hear in the US from time to time, but it isn't. This is a variant of "
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CalifJim I don't suppose it's used in the affirmative then.
Correct.
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CalifJim I thought it might be related to "didn't touch a hair", which I hear in the US from time to time, but it isn't.
Does it mean 'not http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/harm_1 someone in any way
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CJ, I am curious as which meaning you had in mind when you discussed go over one's head. I found these.

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/go-over-someone-s-head

Tom
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Mr. Tomwhich meaning you had in mind when you discussed go over one's head.
The second definition.

It went over his head. ~ It didn't touch a hair. ~ It was too difficult for him to understand.

CJ
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