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1 shake one's head
skaka på huvudet* * *(to move one's head round to left and right to mean `No': `Are you coming?' I asked. She shook her head.) -
2 off one's head
(mad: You must be off your head to work for nothing.) -
3 keep one's head
vara lugn, bibehålla fattningen* * *(to remain calm and sensible in a crisis etc.) -
4 lose one's head
tappa huvudet, förlora fattningen* * *(to become angry or excited, or to act foolishly in a crisis.) -
5 clearing one's head
tid för att reda ut saker och ting (tid som tas för att samla nya krafter och tänka över saker och ting) -
6 comb one's head
kamma sig -
7 losing one's head
förlust av fattningen -
8 scratch one's head
fundersamt klia sig i huvudet -
9 turn one's head
vända på huvudet; förvirra -
10 take it into one's head (to)
(to decide (to): She took it into her head to go to Spain.) -
11 take it into one's head (to)
(to decide (to): She took it into her head to go to Spain.) -
12 banging one's head against the wall
slå huvudet i väggenEnglish-Swedish dictionary > banging one's head against the wall
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13 be above one's head
vara upp över huvudet -
14 bite one's head off
bita (snäsa) av någon, skälla ut någon -
15 bother one's head about
bry sitt huvud med -
16 get into one's head
förstå, inse -
17 hammer an idea into one's head
slå in en idé i huvudet -
18 have eyes at the back of one's head
ha ögon i nacken, se alltingEnglish-Swedish dictionary > have eyes at the back of one's head
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19 holding one's head high
att hålla sitt huvud högt (stolthet, högfärd) -
20 keep one's head above water
inte hamna i trubbel; hålla sig flytande
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