Idiom
get grey hair from
Meaning
To acquire great frustration, confusion, or anxiousness from (something or someone).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I get grey hair from trying to fix this old computer.”
“My teenage son is learning to drive, and I am definitely getting grey hair from his constant braking.”
“The project manager admitted that he was getting grey hair from the endless delays and the constant pressure to meet impossible deadlines.”
Examples
simple
“I get grey hair from trying to fix this old computer.”
contextual
“My teenage son is learning to drive, and I am definitely getting grey hair from his constant braking.”
complex
“The project manager admitted that he was getting grey hair from the endless delays and the constant pressure to meet impossible deadlines.”
Origin
See give someone grey hair.
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