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Last Update : 1-03-2005
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Here are some of the expressions using the word "hair" in some countries.
Have the hair of the dog that bit you
fight the bad with the bad (Great Britain)
Cunado las ranas crien pelos
when frogs grow hair: pig might fly (Spain)
Mit Haut und Haaren
with skin and hair: to do something completely (Germany)
Kamiyui no teishu
hairdresser's husband: husband who does nothing, looked after by his wife (Japan)
Avere un diavolo per capello
pulled to the point of being hairlike: state of caramelized sugar, in filaments (Portugal)
Por un pelo de rana calva
for the hair of a bald frog: for next to nothing (Mexico)
Se faire jouer dans les cheveux
to let someone play with your hair: to be fooled; to be coaxed (Canada)
 
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