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Teleostomi Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
Wild hair thing
Is it "messed-up thing"? Or "horrifying thing so as to make your hair bristle"?
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Yeah, when I saw that news summary item, I of course knew it was a bunch of crap, but I thought ah, well it's good to have them off on this wild hair thing because when they start bugging us, which they have, we'll know our little boys will not know how to handle it.
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I think he means a combination of ' wild goose chase ', and 'wild hair' (= a 'bright idea' ): wild hair Sudden decision that is not expected. Y. got a wild hair and set up his own outfit in Memphis After our marriage, my wife got a wild hair and got involved with the Nudist Movement
- I think he means a combination of ' wild goose chase ', and 'wild hair' (= a 'bright idea' ): wild hair Sudden decision that is not expected.
- Y.
- got a wild hair and set up his own outfit in Memphis After our marriage, my wife got a wild hair and got involved with the Nudist Movement
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I think he means a combination of 'wild goose chase', and 'wild hair' (= a 'bright idea'):
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Sudden decision that is not expected. Grisham said the judge from N.Y. got a wild hair and set up his own outfit in Memph | ||
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0 Wild hair just means an impulse - or impulsive action or decision. 02 br
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00 Like, when my dog starts running around in circles I think he's just got a "wild hair." 0-
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00 Like, when my dog starts running around in circles I think he's just got a "wild hair." 0-
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00 I believe 'a wild hair' refers to a hair that irritates you because it grows in an awkward (and often an intimate 05 0 00 ) place, and sometimes in the wrong direction, ie a direction opposite to that of any other hairs that are present. Such a hair is irritating. And thus, the term usually refers figuratively to 'something that irritates you, somthing that
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00 I believe 'a wild hair' refers to a hair that irritates you because it grows in an awkward (and often an intimate 05 0 00 ) place, and sometimes in the wrong direction, ie a direction opposite to that of any other hairs that are present. Such a hair is irritating. And thus, the term usually refers figuratively to 'something that irritates you, somthing that
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