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[heə(r)] 1.1) U (collectively) (human) (on head) capelli m.pl., capigliatura f.; (on body) peli m.pl.; (of animal) pelo m., pelame m.2) (individually) (human) (on head) capello m.; (on body) pelo m.; (animal) pelo m.2. 3.hair cream — gommina, gel per capelli
••by a hair by a hair's breadth per un pelo; to have a hair's breadth escape salvarsi per un pelo o per il rotto della cuffia; he didn't turn a hair non ha fatto una piega, non ha battuto ciglio; it made my hair stand on end mi ha fatto rizzare i capelli; keep your hair on! BE colloq. stai calmo! non preoccuparti! to get in sb.'s hair colloq. stare tra i piedi a qcn.; to have sb. by the short hairs AE pop. tenere qcn. in pugno; to let one's hair down colloq. rilassarsi, lasciarsi andare; to split hairs spaccare il capello in quattro; to tear one's hair out strapparsi i capelli; you need a hair of the dog (that bit you) — = hai bisogno di un bicchierino di liquore per farti passare la sbronza
* * *[heə] 1. noun1) (one of the mass of thread-like objects that grow from the skin: He brushed the dog's hairs off his jacket.) pelo2) (the mass of these, especially on a person's head: He's got brown hair.) capelli•- - haired- hairy
- hairiness
- hair's-breadth
- hair-breadth
- hairbrush
- haircut
- hair-do
- hairdresser
- hairdressing
- hair-drier
- hairline
- hair-oil
- hairpin 2. adjective((of a bend in a road) sharp and U-shaped, especially on a mountain or a hill.) a zigzag- hairstyle
- keep one's hair on
- let one's hair down
- make someone's hair stand on end
- make hair stand on end
- not to turn a hair
- turn a hair
- split hairs
- tear one's hair* * *[heə(r)] 1.1) U (collectively) (human) (on head) capelli m.pl., capigliatura f.; (on body) peli m.pl.; (of animal) pelo m., pelame m.2) (individually) (human) (on head) capello m.; (on body) pelo m.; (animal) pelo m.2. 3.hair cream — gommina, gel per capelli
••by a hair by a hair's breadth per un pelo; to have a hair's breadth escape salvarsi per un pelo o per il rotto della cuffia; he didn't turn a hair non ha fatto una piega, non ha battuto ciglio; it made my hair stand on end mi ha fatto rizzare i capelli; keep your hair on! BE colloq. stai calmo! non preoccuparti! to get in sb.'s hair colloq. stare tra i piedi a qcn.; to have sb. by the short hairs AE pop. tenere qcn. in pugno; to let one's hair down colloq. rilassarsi, lasciarsi andare; to split hairs spaccare il capello in quattro; to tear one's hair out strapparsi i capelli; you need a hair of the dog (that bit you) — = hai bisogno di un bicchierino di liquore per farti passare la sbronza
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