thin on top

be thin on top

To be balding. This phrase refers to thinning hair on the top of one's head. I should have known I would be thin on top by 30—none of the older men in my family have much hair. You made fun of the fact that he's thin on top? Oh man, he's very sensitive about that. I know you're thin on top, but a hair regrowth serum? Do you think those gimmicky things really work?

See also: on, thin, top

thin on top

Balding. This phrase refers to thinning hair on the top of one's head. I should have known I would be thin on top by 30—none of the older men in my family have much hair.

See also: on, thin, top

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thin on top

Fig. balding. James is wearing a hat because he's getting thin on top. Father got a little thin on top as he got older.

See also: on, thin, top

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

thin on top

Becoming bald, as in I notice that he's getting a little thin on top. The top in this euphemism refers to the top of the head. [Second half of 1800s]

See also: on, thin, top

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

thin on top

balding.

See also: on, thin, top

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