tear one's hair out

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toreactwithextremeagitation.My friend's job at a call center is so stressful he couldtear his hair out.1871, Lewis Carroll, “Chapter IV”, inThrough the Looking-Glass:"It's only a rattle," Alice said, after a careful examination of the little white thing. "Not a rattle-snake, you know," she added hastily, thinking that he was frightened: "only an old rattle — quite old and broken.""I knew it was!" cried Tweedledum, beginning to stamp about wildly andtear his hair. "It's spoilt, of course!" Here he looked at Tweedledee, who immediately sat down on the ground, and tried to hide himself under the umbrella.

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