curl someone's hair

Meaning: (idiomatic)Tofrighten,dismay, orexcitesomeonethoroughly.1903,Andy Adams, chapter 7, inThe Log of a Cowboy:"I'm not hankering for the dramatic in life, but we had a run last night that wouldcurl your hair."1917,William MacLeod Raine, chapter 16, inThe Sheriff's Son:"Tell the son-of-a-gun for me that next time we meet I'llcurl his hairright."1947,Harry Sylvester,Moon Gaffney(1976 edition), ISBN 780405093593,p. 116:"I'd have written him such a letter as would havecurled his hair."2004October 4,Abigail Van Buren, “Dear Abby”, inBeaver County Times, retrieved10 October 2010:After I printed that letter the volume of mail I received from survivors of child sexual abusecurled my hair.2008,Jackie Kessler,Hell's Belles‎[1],→ISBN, page317:Yanking open the door to the bathroom, I was greeted with a stink foul enough tocurl my hair.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seecurl,‎someone's,‎hair.

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