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get (a bit/a little) hairy

slang Of a situation, to become stressful or unnerving. There's still a lot of tension between them because of the divorce, so things might get a bit hairy if we leave them alone with each other. Driving home is going to get hairy if they don't deal with all that ice on the road.

give (one) the hairy eyeball

To look at one in a way that shows wariness or displeasure. I gave Gina the hairy eyeball when I overheard her gossiping about my best friend.

hairy at the heel

Coarse and unsophisticated. Primarily heard in UK. Are you hairy at the heel? Don't call them at this late hour!

hairy molly

Primarily heard in Ireland.

1. Any large, fuzzy caterpillar. Don't freak out, but there's a hairy molly crawling on your backpack right now.

2. vulgar slang The female genitals. He just seems so lecherous—I bet he's after your hairy molly.

hairy situation

slang A stressful or unnerving situation. It's kind of a hairy situation—there's still a lot of tension between them because of the divorce. Look at all that ice on the road! Getting home is going to be a pretty hairy situation.

things are getting hairy

slang Something is becoming stressful or unnerving. Things are getting hairy in there. There's still a lot of tension between them because of the divorce. Look at all this snow that's coming down! Things will be getting hairy on the roads soon.

give someone the hairy eyeball

stare at someone in a disapproving or angry way, especially with your eyelids partially lowered. North American informal

1992 Guy Vanderhaeghe Things As They Are The commissioner giving him the hairy eyeball all through the service didn't do anything for Reg's increasing bad humour either.

give somebody the hairy ˈeyeball

(American English, informal) look at somebody in a suspicious or disapproving way: When I say I’m into hunting, people either laugh or give me the hairy eyeball.

This refers to looking at somebody with your eyes slightly closed so that your eye is partly covered by your eyelashes.

See also: eyeball, give, hairy, somebody

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hairy

mod. hazardous; difficult. That was a hairy experience!

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A muscular hand shot out and grasped the hairy throat, and another plunged a keen hunting knife a dozen times into the broad breast.

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He turned and saw her with the balu hugged close to her hairy breast, and put out his hands to take the little one, expecting that Teeka would bare her fangs and spring upon him; but instead she placed the balu in his arms, and coming nearer, licked his frightful wounds.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-August 14, 2019-: Global Hairy Cell Leukemia Therapeutics Market Report, 2019-2023

Global Hairy Cell Leukemia Therapeutics Market Report, 2019-2023

HAIRY Biker Dave Myers is set to ride into the 2019 Southport Flower Show.

Recipe for fun at flower show

NATIONAL Treasures Si King and Dave Myers, aka The Hairy Bikers have announced a huge nationwide tour for 2019 taking in over 37 dates between February and April.

The baking bikers return

THEY are proud North East lads and the Hairy Bikers will play TWO venues in the region on their new tour which will cook up a storm all over the UK.

Bikers ride in to cook up a treat

The Caatinga biome has various spontaneous species with potential for use in green manuring, including hairy woodrose (Merremia aegyptia L.) (Silva et al., 2011).

Agro-economic performance of the association of beet with green cowpea in different amounts of hairy woodrose/Desempenho agroeconomico da associacao beterraba com caupi-hortalica em diferentes quantidades de jitirana

Two tiny screaming hairy armadillos became the first of their species to be born at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C., earlier this month.

Screaming Hairy Armadillo Pups Born At National Zoo For First Time

Therefore, hairy root culture has been developed as a more efficient alternative biotechnological technology for secondary metabolite synthesis, regardless of environmental, seasonal, and climatic variations [11, 12].

Genetic Transformation and Hairy Root Induction Enhance the Antioxidant Potential of Lactuca serriola L

But while my feet appear to be getting bigger and my hairy aspect flourishes, I seem to be shrinking with age and have begun to worry that I'm going to end up as a hairy gonk with clown shoes.

Worrying times

Global Markets Direct's, 'Hairy Cell Leukemia - Pipeline Review, H1 2016', provides an overview of the Hairy Cell Leukemia pipeline landscape.

Hairy Cell Leukemia - Pipeline Review, H1 2016 - New Study Released

Shame on all the superficial no-marks who insulted Leonardo DiCaprio's mum after a 1976 family photo, posted online, showed her with hairy armpits.

Time for hair row to make a pit stop

Hairy Biker Si King has brought his cooking skills and philosophy on life to a class of students at Cramlington Learning Village.

Hairy Biker Si King shows off his cooking skills to students in Cramlington; The popular TV cook spent two hours with a large group of GCSE students at Cramlington Learning Village, cooking and presenting dishes

[USPRwire, Fri Aug 07 2015] Global Markets Direct's, 'Hairy Cell Leukemia - Pipeline Review, H1 2015', provides an overview of the Hairy Cell Leukemia's therapeutic pipeline.