tear one's hair

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Idioms and Phrases

Also, tear out one's hair . Be greatly upset or distressed, as in I'm tearing my hair over these errors . This expression alludes to literally tearing out one's hair in a frenzy of grief or anger, a usage dating from a.d. 1000. Today it is generally hyperbolic.

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Example Sentences

It is enough to make one tear ones hair, Rubini said, to think that we are out of it.

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