be thin on top
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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.
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.
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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.
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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]
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.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
be/get thin on ˈtop
(informal) without much hair on the head; be/go bald: Max is only 30 but he’s already getting a bit thin on top.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017