Idiom
curl someone's hair
Meaning
To frighten, dismay, or excite someone thoroughly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That scary movie really curled my hair.”
“The sheer speed of the roller coaster was enough to curl anyone's hair.”
“The vivid descriptions of the ancient battlefield in the novel were truly enough to curl the hair of even the most seasoned reader.”
Examples
simple
“That scary movie really curled my hair.”
contextual
“The sheer speed of the roller coaster was enough to curl anyone's hair.”
complex
“The vivid descriptions of the ancient battlefield in the novel were truly enough to curl the hair of even the most seasoned reader.”
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