hair-on-fire | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Impassioned;eager;wild;crazy;rage-filled;frantic.2003September 9,Ben Ratliff, “Music Review: Fluttering Rat-a-tats to Celebrate a Birthday”, inNew York Times, retrieved 22 Sept 2017:Almost no singer in rock enunciates better, and he used that skill to make noise: teeth-and-tongue clucking, gut-punch bellows,hair-on-fireshrieking.2012August 14, Tom McCarthy, “U.S. Politics: Paul Ryan heads west as convention slate unveiled”, inGuardian, UK, retrieved 22 Sept 2017:[T]he most common reactions to Ryan ranged from gnawing apprehension tohair-on-fireanger.2016December 16,Phil Plait, “Trump Adviser Turns the Anti-Science Up to 11”, inSlate, retrieved 22 Sept 2017:I’ve made something of a career in debunking nonsense when it comes to science, from people who think the Moon landings were faked tohair-on-fireUFOlogists who think every lens flare and dust mote in a photo is the precursor to an alien invasion.2025April 2, Cameron Joseph, “Democrats’ big election night gives them first hope since Trump’s victory”, inThe Christian Science Monitor:This race [between Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel, for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court] wasn’t the only contest of the night that suggested that Democrats arehair-on-fireto vote.

Examples:

EN: See, now I know what you're capable of with the whole setting-Kira's-hair-on-fire thing.
ES: Ya veo, ahora sé de lo que son capaces con todo eso de el cabello de Kira incendiandose.
EN: The thing is, the kid is hair-on-fire terrified about getting on an airplane.
ES: La cosa es que al chico le da pánico subirse en un avión.
EN: Why don't you first tell me what I'm supposed to be so hair-on-fire excited about?
ES: ¿Por qué primero no me dices qué debería emocionarme tanto?
EN: Thatwas a hair-on-fire sprint.
ES: Ha sido una carrera ajustadísima.
ID: Itu adu cepat yang sangat ketat.
EN: Why don't you first tell me what I'm supposed to be so hair-on-fire excited about.
ID: Tolong beri tahu dulu kenapa aku harus kegirangan?
EN: It's hair-on-fire time in Congress.
TE: వెంటనే. . కాంగ్రెస్ హయాంలో బ్యారెల్ ధర ఎంత.

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