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turn a hair

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not turn a hair

to not show any emotion when you are told something bad or when something bad happens. I was expecting her to be furious but she didn't turn a hair.

See also: hair, turn

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A bold woman could commit ten murders with a light hammer and never turn a hair. The Innocence Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context I'll lecture them blue in the face, I will, and not turn a hair. Pygmalion by Shaw, George Bernard View in context More results

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