Idiom
have one's wig snatched
Meaning
To be shocked or stunned.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I had my wig snatched when I saw the final price.”
“The plot twist in the movie was so unexpected that I truly had my wig snatched.”
“Upon witnessing the sheer brilliance of the performance, the entire audience sat in stunned silence, having collectively had their wigs snatched.”
Examples
simple
“I had my wig snatched when I saw the final price.”
contextual
“The plot twist in the movie was so unexpected that I truly had my wig snatched.”
complex
“Upon witnessing the sheer brilliance of the performance, the entire audience sat in stunned silence, having collectively had their wigs snatched.”
Origin
The expression arises from a jocular image of a person experiencing a level of shock so profound that their wig falls away from the head. The underlying suggestion is one of total physical and composure-based disarray following a surprising event.
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